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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Loving and Leaving a Church: A Pastor's Journey

Loving and Leaving a Church: A Pastor's Journey

Melosh, Barbara

Paperback

Religion General Christian Living

Publisher Price: $26.00

ISBN10: 0664264344
ISBN13: 9780664264345
Publisher: Westminster Pr
Published: Jul 24 2018
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Barbara Melosh's story was a common one. A second-career seminarian, she arrived at her first pastorate brimming with enthusiasm and high hopes. The blue-collar congregation to which she'd been called had a glorious past but an uncertain future. Certain that she could turn around its slow yet undeniable slide into decline, Melosh inaugurated a number of church growth and outreach programs. Most of these efforts had little effect, and the ones that did seem to work soon suffered reverse outcomes and eventual demise. In the end, Melosh had to conclude that the members of the congregation liked their church the way it was and that she could not drag them into a future they did not want.

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