The church exists because God set things up to work that way. We obey Him, follow Christ, and seek to be as He intends us to be. We can't go around talking about the church like it's something we are creating, doing, making. It happens naturally, as a result of our striving to be sanctified followers of Christ, and to help others become the same. All this talk of increasing attendance, having more outreach, all this "church" talk is missing the big picture. We do not build the church, we did not create it, nor do we decide how it functions. We simply apply our functions (our gifts) within it, as taught clearly in the Word, and God does the rest. The church will exist as long as we seek to fulfill our purposes in Christ. It can't not exist if we are doing that. Everything we try to organize and shove around within the church is Sysiphus pushing the boulder up a hill. God moves the boulder!! Not us! Fulfill your purpose, live out your gift within the Body of Christ as it exists naturally. The church will grow because we are obedient and reliant on Christ. There is no amount of re-organization, re-structuring, re-focusing we can do on account of the church. The church, as it exists within the pages of The Word, is the only church there will ever be. All incarnations of it are simply people adding on to God's perfect Church. Soon, we will have no choice but to operate simply via the Spirit, simply being the Church as it was in the very beginning. Get off the details, and get back to simplicity- simple obedience, simple Biblical Truths, simple following God's lead. Simplicity seems to be really hard for people these days.