It was actually a more demanding set of questions about energy, resources, focus and job descriptions. The competing values in the worship decline was about the focus of our ministry: Is the priority taking the congregation deeper in discipleship (which had been my emphasis for the greater part of three years) or do we need to double down on creating a community with a stronger web of connections outside of the Sunday morning services? And what would that look like if we did? It also led us to some hard questions for our own introspection: Do we need to reconsider our strategies built around
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