é interessante que o Novo Testamento fala pouco sobre crescimento de igreja e fala frequentemente sobre ‘crescimento do evangelho’ ou crescimento da … - Colin Marshall

Perhaps trellis work has taken over from vine work. There are committees, structures, programs, activities and fundraising efforts, and many people put lots of time into keeping them all going, but the actual work of growing the vine falls to a very few.

Whatever the reason, there is no doubt that in many churches, maintaining and improving the trellis constantly takes over from tending the vine.

This is our aim in people work. It involves not just ministry skills and competencies, but growth in convictions (understanding) and character (godliness).