Leadership in a Shrinking Church: Finding New Vision in Unlikely Places

Theological and practical reflections on demographic change in the church.

Numerous churches are contending with the challenges posed by declining membership and attendance. While these trends have most recently been ascribed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trajectory predates the pandemic and is likely to continue beyond it. William Harrison takes the perspective that demographic decline is merely a reality, rather than a failure to be resolved with new strategies, and examines the theologic...