Too many churches or not enough?

[Praxeas]

To me, there are a LOT of churches in America. Is this good or bad? When it comes to businesses the more the better. Why? Competition. Competition causes these businesses to care about garnishing customers. They will lowe rates and provide better services. When there is no competition, they don't need to care about how good the service is.

On the other hand, when it comes to churches...the quality may not be improved due to competition.

Take politicians for an example. Some of them, due to competition will do or say anything to get more votes and as we have seen their promises usually end up being empty lies.

I am wondering about what Paul says about heaping to themselves teachers, having itching ears. Do we live in a day and age where the competition of churches leads to less truth merely for the sake of garnishing MORE membership? Do they preach less against sin so they don't rock the boat and make promises they can't keep?

And as a result could this mean for churches that do not follow that course less membership?

Larger, in church membership, it seems to be is NOT necessarly indicative of being truely in the will of God nor is smaller numbers necessarly indicative of NOT being truely in the will of God.

At the same time the reverse of that is not true either. If it was churches could intentionally keep their numbers lower just to appear to be in God's will.

What think ye?