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What are strategic change and transition issues to address?

Being a social service congregation involves,

  • Engaging in ministries to the social, physical, and psychological needs of people in the congregational context.

  • Seeing the congregation as a social ministry outpost that serves its context and various target groups unconditionally.

Being a special purpose congregation involves,

  • Focusing on a special purpose, target group, or social, political, or religious cause.

  • Or, focusing on a special characteristic of a congregation that might be a characteristic of a small percentage of congregations. One of those would be to be open and affirming, welcoming and affirming.

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