Some really good questions and responses to Mark Driscoll's challenge to emerging/missional churches "not having converts" from David Fitch and subsequent comments see here.- not least:
Having said all this, the number of conversions for missional church communities could still match the mega churches on the basis of percentages (if we were counting). This is Brother Maynard's point. I think that the missional communities that do persist may have a higher conversion rate than the Driscollesque mega church. Missional churches are so much smaller. 6 conversions from a group of 25 over ten years would match (or exceed) the percentage growth of a typical mega church. I think it would be interesting to measure how much dollars per conversion are spent in missional churches versus mega churches five to ten years from now when conversions start manifesting themselves in missional churches. I know I am not supposed to think this way, but I still smile when I think that indeed missional churches could be more cost effective when it comes to conversions because we resist spending money on buildings, programs and the show.
Amen! Not only is it fair to ask the resource question, but we should also ask about what type of transformation/formation is taking place in the lives of those who follow Christ in the two settings.
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