Ye, old joke, and a sort of chicken or egg question

Which came first: the congregation, the minister or the church?

Answer: The congregation consisting of members!

There are a few magic numbers.
125: members with the resources (blood, sweat, tears of joy and tears of sorrow, money, and Votes!) to sustain and spread the load and risk. Our external supporters (i.e. organizations that lend us money and support) love to see this number;
1: Minister and 1 Director of Religious Education (DRE).
5: acres of land with a building!

Two out of three isn’t bad. We have 86 members now. Although we have about 10 friends, non-members, who are very active and we have many visitors. Who we hope all will join our cause; and eventually become active members.

And what is our cause? To live our principles.

http://www.scuu.org/RE1main.html