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What are strategic change and transition issues to address?
Often the merger of two congregations:
- Is an action taken because of the weakness of one or both congregations.
- Leads to inevitable conflict through a them and us attitude that may develop.
- It may lead to the culture and core values of one congregation dominating, minimizing, and even eliminating the culture and core values of the other congregation.
- Results in a congregation the size of the larger of the two at the time of merger within three to five years.
- The merger of two congregations has within it the desire to resist diversity and to have more harmony.
The merger of three or more congregations is much better than the merger of two congregations:
- It creates enough strength that the merged congregation may be able to soar with quality and quantity.
- It minimizes the “them and us” attitudes that can characterize the merger of two congregations.
- It allows for the development of a new sense of mission, purpose, core values, and vision, and for a unique, transforming spiritual, strategic journey to develop
- The merger of three or more congregations is more complex, but will lead to greater diversity.
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