Podcast Episode #359
Churches are dying all over the country. However, their legacy of ministry can live on if the right decisions are made by the leadership. Today we discuss those tough decisions and the reasons churches should be looking to acquire dying churches.
Some highlights from today’s episode include:
- Church buildings should be used for ministry and community presence.
- If your church is dying, do whatever you can to keep a church presence in your community.
- In many communities it’s tough to regain property for churches if one dies and is sold for non-Kingdom use.
- If your church is dying, please consider letting a healthy church come in and acquire it.
- Churches with an outward focus are healthier than ones with an inward focus.
- “The way we’ve always done it” needs to change in dying churches.
The seven reasons we cover in this episode are:
- So a church presence in the community will not go away.
- Because re-plants have many of the same advantages of typical church plants.
- Because real estate is becoming scarce and more expensive.
- So the work and ministry of your present church may have a legacy of continuation.
- Because the ministry presence in the community will move from unhealthy to healthy.
- Because sometimes a new start is needed to overcome negative perceptions in the community.
- Because often the acquiring church increases its ministry impact multifold through an acquisition.
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