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Study guide: Small congregations share strengths, struggles
Michael Bass-Deschenes — For Lutheran Church of the Cross in Berkeley, Calif., to grow, Cary Bass-Deschenes, its pastor, would like to see more lay-led initiatives and more lay involvement in worship.

Study guide: Small congregations share strengths, struggles

Many of our congregations are struggling with the same three interrelated difficulties: a smaller pool of members, a shrinking financial base, and fixed costs from an older building that may be too big for today’s ministry yet requires expensive maintenance. How is your congregation doing?

Download a study guide for “Small congregations share strengths, struggles,” which appeared in Living Lutheran’s January 2017 print issue. The pdf includes five pages of study questions and a copy of the article.