Healthy Things Grow

Growing up my father was a pastor which meant we moved a lot, and I got to experience a lot of different churches. At each of these churches I heard a common phrase repeated often, “healthy things grow.” I have often pondered about the truth behind this statement. Beyond growing up a pastor's kid, I currently work with Middle School and high school students. In my view Middle Schoolers and High schoolers are some of the most unhealthy groups of people, yet, they grow. They grow physically, they grow mentally, and many even grow spiritually. In the same way, if a church is growing numerically, but people are not being transformed, does that make it a healthy church?