How We Built the Trust Needed to Face the Reality of Our Decline and Move Forward

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13 min 49 s

Rev. Diane Kenaston

How we were able to tell the truth about our reality without also predicting gloom and doom;

My own process from being one of the people in denial about the congregation’s reality, to embracing it and moving forward;

How we were able to build the trust necessary for people to listen to the truth of their reality and move forward;

What I did when I realized that the church was not going to have another full-time pastor after me.

Rev. Diane Kenaston (she/her) is a co-founder of the Good Friday Collaborative, your partner in the sacred work of congregational endings. The Good Friday Collaborative supports churches concluding ministry through merging, relocating, restarting, or closing. Diane brings a decade of experience pastoring and leading churches through major transitions including merger. She is now a clergy coach and author based out of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Diane is currently working on a devotional book for Christians in churches with uncertain futures. Contact Diane through www.dianekenaston.com or www.goodfridaycollaborative.com.

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