More people, more problems

Life, given enough time, will throw up events that will cause massive turbulence. Some will be good, some will be devastating.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics...

A person is born every 105 seconds (with around 300,000 born per year).
Every 3.75 minutes, a person dies (with around 140,000 dying per annually).
Approximately 1,300 infants (under the age of 12 months) die each year.
More than 2000 people commit suicide in Australia each year.
More than 100,000 marriages and around 50,000 divorces annually.

This doesn't even start to take into account those who have a miscarriage, are diagnosed with a terminal illness, are sacked from their job or a victim of violent crime.

I make these points because churches are massively affected when people in their congregations/youth groups go through these events. Statistically, the more people you have, the more likely/often you will face these situations. In really, people in every service of a large church will be going through these joys and pains.

When you ponder the number of life crisis's that a larger church would need to minister to, the allure of "superstar" pastor, can be far less glamorous.