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What are strategic change and transition issues to address?

The greatest risk of this choice is that people who reside farther away than three miles may use this as an opportunity to:

  • Connect with a congregation closer to their residence.

  • Drop out of regular or irregular church attendance.

  • Leave when the worship, programs, ministries, and activities of their congregation no longer speak to their needs.

  • Leave when the needs of their children, and even the urging of their children, motivates them to seek out a congregation with friends who are culturally closer to the culture of their children under 18 years old.

Often these congregations will depend on the financial and management leadership of those households who reside more than three miles away to sustain the organizational vitality of the congregation.

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