Sapping the Volunteers?

From ThinkChristian.net:

This is a quotation from Christine Walker’s The Fall of the Evangelical Nation that I found via this post on The Suburban Christian:

A large reason megachurches grow is because of where they usually locate—in burgeoning suburbs. Young families, attracted to the suburbs’ less-expensive housing, want religion for their children. They’re energetic, and they have rising incomes. Megachurches have enormous overhead and a huge need for volunteers. Burned-out megachurch staff members sometimes complain that they spend more time “feeding the beast” than feeding the flock. Feeding the beast requires a constant hunt for “good” families. To the dismay of the more idealistic, good families don’t mean those who need God the most but those who are committed, able, energetic, and prosperous.

Read the whole post. It's certainly worth thinking over.