The real question

From ChadCanipe.com:

...[W]e allow ourselves to be deceived into thinking of the church as one of many 'good causes' which need our support and which will collapse if they are not adequately supported. If our 'evangelism' is at bottom an effort to shore up the tottering fabric of the church (and it sometimes looks that way) then it will not be heard as good news. The church is in God's keeping. We do not have the right to be anxious about it. We have our Lord's word that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. The nub of the matter is that we have been chosen to be the bearers of good news to the whole world, and the question is simply whether we are faithful in communicating it. (Lesslie Newbigin)