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Carlene Hill Byron's avatar

The 1960s paradigm (from business team development) is that groups “form, storm, norm, then conform.” The current model for church development emphasizes conformity to the pastor’s vision from the start. A church planter (not in Acts 29) told me he learned in seminary to expect a third of the congregation to leave when any change was made. That makes a pastor neither a good shepherd (I won’t worry about the 34 … there’s always more sheep) nor a good business manager (who can afford that level of customer churn?)

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ann maree's avatar

Heartbreaking. That photo speaks volumes. Keep writing…

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