"How would you get more than 5,000 people to show up at your church? Almost every pastor feels the pressure to get people in the doors. More people means more success, more stability, and more godly influence, right? Often, in their zeal for fruit and growth, pastors and church leaders adopt worldly mechanisms for church growth that end up undermining the very call God has given them. Charles Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers, was a pastor to well over 5,000 people in a day long before ""mega-churches"" were the norm. But you might be surprised to know that Spurgeon's vision for ministry was not pragmatic. He did not borrow ""best practices"" from the business leaders of his day. Rather