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Christian Century, Nov 1, 2005
UNLESS A GRAIN OF WHEAT ...: Diana Butler who has been studying revitalized mainline congregations, was asked by the Wittenburg Door (September/October), "What can turn a dying mainline church into a vital congregation?" She responded that 90 percent of the revitalized congregations she has been studying were on the verge of dying--few people were left, and the churches were about to shut down.
Some experienced divisiveness or other kinds of crises. One vestry was so divided that fistfights broke out in meetings. In other cases there was clergy misconduct. What these congregations had in common was the painful awareness that if they didn't make radical changes they would die, which made an opening "for the Holy Spirit ... to move in and really make a change."
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