There was a time when evangelical Christianity carried a value for place. Churches belonged somewhere. Not just in terms of a building in a location, but emotionally and relationally.
Pastors knew the weight of local stories from local people. Congregations carried shared memories – both the joy and pain of an area’s history.
That instinct seems to have thinned over the years.
Are you limiting your ministry trainee?
One of the uncomfortable tests of leadership development is less about whether people grow under us, but whether we are …