Monday's Catch: 'Five Lessons We Learned from Deceased Churches' And More

Five Lessons We Learned from Deceased Churches

Church Answers has continued to talk with church members and leaders whose churches closed or those that were on the precipice of death. While the original information in Autopsy of a Deceased Church is still relevant, there is more information we’ve gleaned since then. We will release that information in a major new resource in January 2023. For now, let us share with you five updated lessons from churches that closed.

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