Is this realistic?
Picture this:
This might be a bit controversial, but I can’t get it out of my mind. Wouldn’t it be amazing if every church (that is under its own authority as opposed to denominational control) organization where 90% of its members have attended the church for 20 years or longer were to give all of their assets to a church planter or thriving local church in its area? Wouldn’t it be great if they realized that the Kingdom of God could still use them in this way to make a difference, and unselfishly handed over their properties, savings, and organizational control to this “recommended” church planter or healthy church organization?
Then they could have the liberty to meet together in their homes on a regular basis without power struggle or politics getting in the way of their desire to know God more, and a new generation would be enabled to focus more on reaching their generation for Christ and less on fund raising.
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I think sometimes our imaginations can be limited by the spaces we inhabit… I wonder if it wouldn’t be a powerful temptation for the inheritor of an old church to simply pick up where the old one left off. I wonder how often somebody watching from the outside would even notice that a change had taken place.