crossing the 200 barrier represents the transition from the single cell to a multicelled church. In many denominations over 90 percent of the local churches have not crossed the 200 barrier. A few denominations come in at a bit less than 90 percent. Among the lowest are Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Evangelical Free Church, and Reformed Church in America with 72 percent each.10 Secondly, 200 means 200 active adults. One of the interesting phenomena of our day is that many pastors now choose not