I (Greg) should have been ecstatic. Our numbers over the past five years weren’t just good, they were great. Twenty-six percent increase in church attendance. I know—bigger doesn’t always mean better, but our people were not just showing up on weekends. Participation in small groups had increased by 200 percent. We were also seeing more people than ever before spreading Christ’s love in local compassion initiatives throughout the greater Chicago area. It wasn’t just