The Plight of Mainline Denominations

I went to type "mainline denominations" into Google a few moments ago.  Here's what came up as Google's first suggestion:

This is problematic.

Here's a series of articles I've written on why we should take this stuff seriously:

Killing Church Committees and Other Reflections on Church Organization

Taming the Chihuahua Brain

Killing the Whispers and Other Reflections on Church Decision-Making

Crack Addiction and Church Transformation

Derek Penwell

Author, Speaker, Pastor, Activist. Derek Penwell is senior pastor of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church, and a lecturer at the University of Louisville in Religious Studies and Comparative Humanities. His newest book, Outlandish, focuses on understanding the political nature of Jesus’ life as a model for forming communities of resistance capable of challenging oppression in the pursuit of peace and justice.

He is an activist and advocate on local, state, and national levels on issues of racial justice, LGBTQ fairness, interfaith engagement, and immigrant and refugee rights.

https://derekpenwell.net
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