It's funny how many ways there are to skin a cat, or in my case, to do ministry. Take "Kingdom Growth" A church can build bigger facilities and maintain a fairly traditional format (i.e. Sunday School, Worship at 11am Sunday). A church can expand but change things up like implementing small groups that meet in homes. A church can multiply itself, taking the growth and letting it spill over into new church plants. Etc. Even within these models, there are various styles of evangelism, preaching, missions, worship, fellowship, discipleship, etc. What if your church gives an invitation and mine doesn't? What if you're a Calvinist but I'm Arminian? Ooooh, here's a good one: What if you're Methodist, he's Presbyterian, I'm Nondenominational, and little Timmy is Baptist?

Throughout life I've always had a tendency to categorize things into "this is right and this is wrong." Don't get me wrong, I believe in absolute moral truths, but I think this is one area where I can say (and yes I think the southerner in my is starting to show), "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Yes, we can always be evaluating what we're doing to make sure we are doing God's will effectively, but small groups may work in one setting and not in another. A rock band on stage may be a really great idea at one church, but a really, really bad idea for another church. As long as we make disciples, I am content.

Your thoughts? How far can this be taken? How far is to far? If I could tell stories and give wonderful examples like Ed Stetzer would maybe this would be more profound or at least interesting. :)