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Reclaiming Glory: Revitalizing Dying Churches: Creating a Gospel Legacy throughout North America is unavailable, but you can change that!

What is there about a dying church that brings glory to God? Mark Clifton's convicting answer is "Nothing." Because a local church is intended to represent the work of God in a community, when that church "loses it saltiness," not only is God's work pictured as irrelevant in that community, but also dishonor and disrepute may well become associated with God's name as a result. In Reclaiming...

They value the process of decision more than the outcome of decision. Dying churches love to discuss, debate, define, and describe. They live for business meetings—even if few people attend them. In the absence of meaningful ministry through the church, they often spend their time meeting together to make oftentimes meaningless decisions. Some of this can be attributed to the fact that they simply don’t understand how to reach the community. They can’t comprehend how to begin to make real and significant