What Can Churches Share Besides a Pastor? - Rev. Gail Irwin. Episode 36

When congregations decline in numbers, the anxiety this causes can hinder their vision of adaptive options for a hope-filled future. This includes the possibilities of what they might share with a sister congregation. Seasoned UCC interim minister and author/researcher, Rev. Gail Irwin, offers some non-threatening ways to help a declining congregation in: “What Can Churches Share Besides a Pastor?”

• Non-threatening ways to help a congregation declining in numbers begin to think about sharing a pastor (or their building) with another congregation;
• Using your position as the interim minister to investigate the wider community on behalf of the congregation;
• Good questions an entering interim minister can ask to help a congregation declining in numbers gain a positive mindset;

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