The Unavoidable Uncomfortable Necessity for Church Mergers

Why the future of Black Christianity in America may depend on congregations learning to die to themselves.

PART ONE: A House Divided Against Itself

The Diagnosis

What does it sound like when a church is dying? Not the dramatic collapse of scandal or schism, but the slow, dignified fade of an institution that simply cannot find a way forward? It sounds like this: fifteen voices singing "Blessed Assurance" in a sanctuary built for three hundred. It sounds like t…