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Get set for clergy retirement wave

Our church is changing, and the leadership of the church is changing with it. In the next decade thousands of our pastors will retire. It may present short-term difficulties in finding people to take their places, and our church may suffer from the loss of so many experienced clerics. But their retirements may open the door for younger clergy with new ideas to lead our church.

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