My church, like many, has experienced a decline in membership and attendance over the past five years. Due to competing demands on our time and the activities of our three kids, my own family is among those whose presence at Sunday worship has become hit-or-miss. These declines have had real impacts on our church community - fewer folks to carry out the church’s work in the neighborhood, fewer resources to support ministries, fewer brothers and sisters to learn from and share the Christian walk through life with.
Those who have left church communities have something important to teach us. Are they seeking to live a Christian life outside an organized church? Do they feel church has become irrelevant to their lives? Can they share insights about how the church can support those seeking to live as disciples of Christ in an ever-more complicated world? The answers to these questions would offer important teachings for all of us. How can we reach out and learn?
Kelly
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