The problem is even deeper than the statistics reveal. Just because numbers of churches aren't withering away does not prove that it is sacred needs rather than secular needs that are being met by these churches. There still remain secular, civil reasons for going to church. In some locations going to church still brings secular rewards. What irony that in the midst of a spiritual heat wave in the culture, in the church it's a deep freeze.
Small things can have big effects.
All boundaries of space and time are coming down or blurring thanks to telecommunications and the microchip. The Economist magazine devoted a special issue to The Death of Distance . The key to ministry in this Next Reformation is intellectual capital in general, and innovation and creativity in particular. The most successful corporations in the world today weren't even a glint in some guru's eye 20 years ago. The need to prepare for ongoing adaptive change makes innovation and creativity the key survival skills in navigating the chaotic world of the 21 st century.