Up-and - coming pastors, Mr Burleson says, are tired of a constant emphasis on Numbers and church size.

柏来森先生说，新生代的牧师们都疲于将重心纠缠于教众数量和教堂的规模上。

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So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great Numbers of people.

他们足有一年的工夫，和教会一同聚集，教训了许多人。

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In the United States alone, studies have found Catholics dropping out of the church in large numbers.

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The church said the numbers had "roughly doubled" to one parcel a day.

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The Reverend Linda Le Vasseur, of the Forest Church, said the latest numbers showed a trend towards "alternative ways of being Church".

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