Hi Reader,

A bit of a rant...

I was talking to a young church leader whose church plant is busting at the seams.

They’re barely two years old, already running four services, and scrambling to fit a sea of young adults into a space that doesn’t work anymore.

The parking situation? Crammed.
The building? Too small.
The need for a new facility? Desperate.

And yet, just down the road… church buildings sit unused. Vacant parking lots. Nearly empty pews.

New churches with people? They have no money and no building.
​Dying churches with money and buildings? They have almost no people.

There seems to be a clear answer in front of us... right?!

Still, the leaders of these churches with underused facilities say they're "Not interested." "It's a hard pass" or "Consider this matter closed" to the sale of their building.

It's not the first account I've heard of this, and I'm sure it won't be the last.

Are legacy churches stunting the mission of the wider church?

Few issues make me more upset than this: the steady resistance dying churches have to fund and fuel the next generation of church leaders.

Why?

Because when you look beneath the surface, you’ll often uncover reasons more about self-preservation and selfish ambition than mission.

5 sad reasons most dying churches won't hand over the keys.

So today, a bit of a rant... and a bit of the reality that new leaders and churches face. Here's the link.

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If we (you, me, and the church down the road) don’t figure this out, we’re going to keep watching church plants struggle while kingdom resources sit unused.

I'd love for us to change that—one leader and one church at a time.

P.S. There are 5 (sad) reasons most dying churches won't hand over the keys to new leaders or new churches. Which do you see in the churches around you?