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A "mission" to the future
Across North America, church attendance has declined in the 35 years since the ELCA was formed by the merger of several Lutheran denominations. Churches of all stripes have suffered and closed. But a number of ELCA congregations and leaders are finding church growth and vitality by reaching out to new people in creative and entrepreneurial ways. They have much to teach us.
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