I don't see progressives doing much to gather people into the Church the way you see other Christian groups spreading their message. And these groups don't water down what they believe in to make it more palatable, hoping they will increase their numbers even more. Maybe we need to relearn what we've forgotten.  Saying, we believe all this stuff but it's not important that you try to live your life according to it is pandering and who would respect being pandered to?