I'm just looking at that theological worldview quiz I took... The results were basically what I expected (it's a pretty good quiz considering just anyone and their dog come up with these things) but the fact that it says "the most important thing the church can do is tell people how to get to heaven" doesn't sit well with me.  And actually, to me, that sounds more like an Arminian position than a Calvinistic position.  Don't misunderstand, Calvinists are totally for preaching the gospel, but according to reformed understanding, glorifying God is the most important thing.  Obviously, God is greatly glorified when a person becomes a Christian, but the ultimate goal in everything -- even our evangelism -- is the glory of God.  And, God desires to glorify Himself as well.  By saving sinners He demonstrates His beautiful love and mercy and thus is glorified.  So, I have a little bit of a problem with the concept of saving souls being the *most* important thing a church does.  One practical application of this is... If the Glory of God is the most important thing to a church, and a church believes that worshipping Him according to His Word and preaching the gospel according to His Word glorifies Christ, then the church will always be encouraged that it is glorifying Him as long as it seeks to do this.  It will also be even further encouraged when more and more people are saved under that preaching. However, if the saving of souls is the *ultimate* goal, then during a dry spell where, in God's providence, there are fewer people being saved, then the church is discouraged that it is not meeting the ultimate goal and thus is tempted to change the worship or preaching (by the way, on another note, I actually believe preaching is part of worship but for clarity here I am distinguishing the two) to something that is more pleasing to the sinner.  Thus, because of an incorrect goal, the church ends up forsaking Biblical preaching. 

Another thing this makes me thing of, in terms of the life of the individual believer is, if the church's sole purpose is to save people, then the believer greatly misses out on the power of the gospel here and now in dealing with our sin as we live out our daily lives.  While we will never reach perfection this side of heaven, the gospel is mightily powerful and is able to heal us of sins even in this life.  This is something the believer should take comfort in, realizing that all is not without hope, but that Jesus saves, Jesus saves, even now.

Just some thoughts..

Rachel