members. Indeed over half of the churches have fewer than seventy-five members.”25 After conducting further research to see what factors caused churches to remain below 200 in size, as well as how churches effectively broke the 200 barrier, in 1988 he published Ten Steps to Breaking the 200 Barrier. This book provided practical insights on how church leaders could manage the growth of a church beyond 200 in size. It was later revised and called New Perspectives on Breaking the 200 Barrier. During the