Description
This book draws from interviews with clergy and lay leaders from over 40 different churches to form a discussion guide, offering an understanding of the "failure to thrive" and a pastoral examination of grief in closing congregations.
Features
merger and closure checklists, examples of documents and templates closing churches should utilize
Practical Applications
- Brainstorm ideas on how congregational resources may be redirected in a legacy project to benefit other communities of faith.
- Use this as a discussion guide to provide guidance during the difficult discernment process of closing a congregation.
