Not-so-simple stewardship
Dissolving a church or merging congregations can be complicated, not just emotionally or doctrinally, but financially and legally. Unlike selling a home, where the seller…
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Better as one: Churches merge
CINCINNATI — In some ways, in many ways, they couldn’t be more different. Greg Jasper, 51, was born and raised in Cincinnati. He looks every…
Stan Granberg offers tough-but-good news to dying churches
Anyone following social research in the United States has seen the bleak forecast for religion: declining attendance and diminishing adherents. Anyone following the recent work…
Organizations offer struggling churches resources for the future
LA MESA, Calif. — When The Christian Chronicle staff met in March to talk about the “Where have all the churches gone?” project, I told…
Special project: Where have all the churches gone?
Introduction • Where have all the churches gone?: Christian Chronicle undertakes a project to uncover what happens when church buildings close. Published March 1, 2022.…
