Revitalizing a dead church is not an easy task, despite its advantages. In the article Pros and Cons of Establishing or Revitalizing a Church [link to the full article], Mike McKinley shows some drawbacks when trying to revitalize a church:
1. Are the dead churches dead for any reason?there will be opposition.
- There is usually a good reason why a church needs to be revitalized.
- Churches often decrease in size and efficiency due to a traumatic event or years of poor leadership.
- As a result.
- Can the church building and programs be in ruins?spiritual state of the congregation itself.
- In such cases.
- There will be much to overcome and demolish to move the church forward.
- This process is often very painful.
- If the church was already inclined to do the things that healthy churches do.
- It probably wouldn’t die.
- Finding a church in difficulty is not difficult.
- Finding a church with difficulties that wants to change and grow is much more complicated.
2. Existing churches sometimes have a bad reputation in the community.
While it is true that new churches sometimes suffer from lack of recognition in the community, this can be a good thing. The reputation of older churches is often an obstacle to their revitalization. The church you intend to revitalize can have a reputation in the world. because of a moral scandal, racism or lack of institutionalized warmth. If this is the case, the pastor who wants to revitalize the church will have to work hard and be patient to change this impression in the community.
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Read the full article to learn about the benefits of revitalizing a church, as well as the pros and cons of establishing a new church.