dying churches

Senior pastor Rev. Paul Marzahn has a second calling: rescuing struggling churches before developers can swoop in and buy the church buildings. He’s receiving national attention for his groundbreaking work as a “faith community developer,” or church flipper.

According to some estimates, anywhere from 4,000 to 7,000 local congregations die each year. Leadership Journal maintains that 340,000 churches in America have plateaued, are declining or are on the verge of death.

As shocking as this may be, the death of a church might be the best thing that could happen for the sake of the gospel within a given community.

We live in a heterogeneous culture and Millennials tend to avoid homogeneous churches are two of the reasons.