“My observation is that over the last thirty or forty years our pastoral ethic has shifted from one of faithfulness to one of productivity and success.  A generation of pastors and church leaders formed by the church-growth movement has slowly come to believe that our core pastoral mission is to build large and successful churches.  Very few will actually admit this, but the truth is not hard to see.  We have been trained to produce and “succeed,” and we have learned our lesson well.  When we carry this desire for productivity and success into a culture nurtured by the forces of consumerism and pragmatism, churches will be built around supplying religious goods and competing against other churches for the allegiance of the religious-consuming public.  Instead of a particular brand of coffee or clothing line, we sell our various youth programs, worship styles and preaching abilities (77).”