A Simple Fact:
David Olson writes in his book The American Church in Crisis, "Every group (denomination) with less than a 1 percent church planting rate - less than one new church for every 100 established churches - is declining numerically in attendance. For a denomination to keep up (and not decline) it needs a (church) planting rate of more than 2 percent each year - or 1 new church started for every 50 established churches."