Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.
The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
More data is not always the answer.
But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.