"So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied." I'm sure we all wish this could be said of our church, or of our community, or of our state, country, etc. What Christian body doesn't long to have peace, be built up, and multiply? Even churches who don't believe in the whole "seeker friendly" thing truly long to have God-given, lasting growth (both spiritually and numerically). The problem with modern churches is that they try to develop a formula for church growth. How many ten-step programs have we seen? How many books have been written that guarantee your church a successful surge in attendance, if only you have enough faith to believe it's possible? Well, here we have a God-ordained formula. ...