Cooper had this quote from a book by Dan Kimball called Emerging Church:

Talk about changing the way we do things here in the suburbs of America and you may find resistance, usually from older pastors and leaders who have grown attached to the a certain way of doing things. If we were talking about the need for unique approaches to worship in the context of cross-cultural missions, there would be no argument. Remember how Hudson Taylor’s method and approach to ministry in China weren’t understood by his British superiors? In fact, they were rather upset with him for changing the way there were used to doing things. But because he understood the new culture and worldview, he made the changes that worked for those people. I encourage you to take a look around your worship center next Sunday. If you don’t see row upon row of the fresh young faces of people who weren’t raised in your church, you probably need to consider making changes to your approach.

I'm in a rural town with about 20,000 people. It is blue collar, mostly factory and service work. Education levels are lower. There are several established church doing some contemporary worship, but not much beyond that. It is about 30% catholic.

We started our church
So we will make some admittedly minor changes this fall. I have a few friends who have planted similar churches and they have grown to a decent size, even though none of them are satisfied with their size (they want to impact the kingdom even more). These churches are very similar to ours, though in every case, they are in different demographics -- one suburban, one larger blue collar/higher crime, one small rural town.

I've rambled a bit but I just want to impact the kingdom. The number one way for that to happen is simple -- God moves. And I can accept that but I will continue to push for the optimum environment for God to do so in our community.