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The Grace of Christ be with you!
Jesus says that God, the vine grower removes branches that do not produce fruit but also prunes those that do bear fruit to increase their yield. Both acts involve trimming. Trimming, by any means, can involve pain and leave the one being trimmed unsure of how to make sense of the situation. So, as so-called mainline churches experience membership decline, which act of trimming is it?
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God is removing the unproductive branches.
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God is pruning mainline churches to increase yield.
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Either way, churches have “room to grow.”
Detractors are quick to call declines in church membership and influence the result of God’s act of removing dead branches. Yet, without yielding to such cynicism or undo optimism, the church can seek to adapt & foster new growth.
Blessings, Will
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