Size is never a question in itself; therefore growth is never an end in istelf. There is no perfect size for a church in any abstract sense, and a large church is not necessarily better than a small one (or vice versa). Size is purely and completely a question of deeper issues such as purpose, vitality, mission, and what we might call a healthy homeostasis (dynamic internal balance). . . Size is simply the wrong question. It's like asking how big a building or tree should be. For the church, the only valid answer to the question of size is that the church should be whatever size best enables it to fulfill its mission and 'grow up in Christ.'”
--Howard Snyder with Daniel Runyon, Decoding the Church: Mapping the DNA of Christ's Body