Staffing For Decline

I found an old brochure of a Church I know well, whose people I know well. I know, too, that after that brochure was printed, the Church went into steady decline. Therefore it was a brochure which I studied with interest. The names on the brochure said it all to me. In a nutshell, most of the names that were on it did not, I consider, reveal a living relationship with God -- yet several were "people of note". Also, I saw people missing from that brochure who were spiritual treasures in that Church. OBSERVATION: It may seem counter-intuitive, to prefer people who are spiritual treasures and nobodies, rather than people of note, but this brochure suggested that one dare not do otherwise.