FBCR - Mennonite Empire?

Let's see... Saturday's talk was about, um, er, creating a Mennonite empire. No, really, it was about Mennonites getting training to fill needs in Mennonite circles - e.g. accounting. The American economy will probably become more service oriented and it therefore makes sense for Mennonites to increasingly fill such positions more than being farmers. However, while it's nice and all for Mennonites to learn to be accountants to help their churches out, by no means should that be the life goal of Christians. It is much more important to be "set on a hill" and not hidden away under the bushel of Mennonite culture and businesses and mini-empires. Just don't see how that helps spread the gospel.
Today's Mennonite church was likened to the Russian Mennonite church of some time in the 1800's - this should make us trepidate. Based on my extremely limited knowledge of Russian Mennonite history they did not take their affluence outside their communities in a major way. They eventually became materialistic and many lost their Christian values. Money is not bad of itself, but it seems we could use our vast amounts of Mennonite money to really go places in outreach. Maybe we could work less and evangelize more, open youth centers and rescue missions. And maybe we could improve the quality of our church schools by paying teachers more and thereby attracting more qualified people.