We call it the death spiral.
I know. It’s not a pleasant term. I can understand if it causes you to cringe.
By the time I am contacted about a serious problem in a church, it is often too late. The problems are deeply rooted, but the remaining members have been blind to them, or they chose to ignore them.
There are eight clear signs evident in many churches on the precipice of closing. If a church has four or more of these signs present, it is likely in deep trouble. Indeed, it could be closing sooner than almost anyone in the church would anticipate. Read More
This post appeared on Thom Rainer's blog back in May of this year. I posted a link to the post at the time. It has been roughly six months since then and I am posting a link to the post again. It is an unpleasant but sobering reminder that many of our churches - Baptist, Continuing Anglican, Disciples of Christ, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Orthodox, Presbyterian, Reformed, Roman Catholic - are facing closure. If you are a part of a church with four or more of the signs listed in the post you may want to give serious thought to the three choices that these churches have.
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