Any efforts which can be directed to increasing this group of workers is an effort which will multiply results. If the formation of basic Christian communities is going to be the approach of the future, those working on pastoral renewal have to begin forming such communities very early in the process. People will understand what a basic Christian community is only with difficulty if they cannot experience one. Workers will not easily understand how to build communities if they cannot have the experience of being part of one. It will be difficult for leaders in the process of Christian renewal to grasp what they are aiming at if they cannot see instances of what will be at the end of the process.
People learn what needs to be done from the experience of seeing it happen.
Once a person has experienced how a basic Christian community can work, he can think about what has to be done to get them to exist more and more. In short, pilot projects and model centers are needed. Men have to be set to work to build basic Christian communities and once they are in existence, they will produce more workers who can do the same thing. Moreover, others can be sent there to be trained in how to do it. Once the parish of San Miguelito was formed in Panama, it became a means of opening up many people to new approaches to forming parish life.