Simple Church Growth

Whereas Jesus is building His church ...
(cf. Mat. 16:18, Acts 1:1 note the word "began"--Jesus is still at work!)

And whereas He has chosen to use human witnesses (i.e., us, gulp!) to build His church ...
(cf. Acts 1:8)

And whereas He empowers us for bold and convicting witness through the Holy Spirit ...
(cf. Acts 1:8)

And whereas we are commanded to be filled with the Spirit ...
(cf. Ephesians 5:18)

And whereas the consistent fruit of being filled with the Spirit is witnessing ...
(cf. Acts 2:4, 4:8, 4:31, 6:3, 6:5, 6:7-10, 9:17-22, 13:6-12, 13:52 ...).

Therefore can we not conclude that being filled with the Spirit is the sure and simple way to see supernatural church growth--not the transfer-of-membership, "our-church-is-the-cure-for-the-common-church" kind, but the making disciples kind--all over the world (including where you happen to live right now)?

And how do we be filled with the Spirit? I cannot find a verse that says "this is how" explicitly. But I shall never forget Dr. Stuart Olyott who came to Albania and taught from Ephesians 5:18, saying, "You get drunk by ... drinking; you get filled with the Spirit by ... drinking. So drink and drink and drink and drink and drink of the Spirit."

Therefore, it is not the grand strategies scribbled on a legal pad which will drive men to Christ and accomplish the task, but the natural outflow of the Spirit of whom we have drunk ("out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" / "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard").