Steady Growth

A research report says that my church has steady growth.  Really?  On what planet?  If you count only the ones coming in and not the ones going out, you will have steady growth.  The ones coming in are noted, named, and counted.  They count.  The ones going out are ignored.  They had been ignored for quite a while, so it was nothing new to them when no one noticed they were not showing up anymore.  Would you not feel ignored if no one listened to you anymore?