Proactive with the Kingdom

I was listening to a church planter in Illinois this week that started a church over five years ago. One of the things he said was that when they started the church, they decided to be proactive instead of reactive. In other words, they decided to be on the offensive instead of the defensive. He said that when they started two services, it wasn't so much that the sanctuary was totally full but they had decided as a church that if they were going to reach more people, that was a way to do it. This church has also started multi-site ministries in other towns as well. They did this to be on the offense. The more I look at the Kingdom of God, the more I see that Jesus talked about being proactive with the kingdom. Jesus told Peter that He would build His church and that the gates of hell would not prevail. The church is not in a defensive stance against the gates of hell but we are rather on the offensive battling against the gates of hell. What would happen if the church took an offensive stance this year and actively pursued the kingdom of God? I believe that great things could happen!