The vital congregation of tomorrow
Church decline doesn’t mean faith is disappearing. It means congregations must rethink metrics, mission and community impact, writes Mark Elsdon.
The Rev. Mark Elsdon is an ordained minister in the PC(USA) and serves as cofounder of RootedGood and principal at Threshold Sacred Development; previously, he was co-pastor at Pres House, the PC(USA) campus ministry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for 20 years. Mark is the author of We Aren’t Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry and editor of Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition.
Church decline doesn’t mean faith is disappearing. It means congregations must rethink metrics, mission and community impact, writes Mark Elsdon.
In this excerpt from Mark Elsdon’s book We Aren’t Broke, he encourages a move from the fear and greed of scarcity to a recognition of God’s abundance.
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