from Stand Firm by Greg Griffith:
"Faced with declining membership and less money to pay salaries and maintain aging buildings, Beisner is calling on staff and laity to come up with new ways of keeping their church doors open.
"The bishop said he has no plans to close any of the 72 churches in the diocese. "But everything is on the table," he said.
"Many congregations can no longer afford full-time clergy. Some are having trouble paying their bills. In a letter to clergy this month, a diocesan leader said changes must be made soon.
"There are those who feel we are on the brink of a crisis," said Canon Britt Olson in the Aurora Clergy E-News. "This is because this is a crisis – not only for the congregation, but for all churches in the diocese."
Bishop, it sounds like you could use the help of the national church's Office of Evangelism to help build up membership in DioNorCal.
What's that you say? There IS NO Office of Evangelism any more?
In that case, may I recommend spending millions of dollars of church money on litigation in order to obtain ownership of big, expensive buildings it will never fill?
No?
Sheesh... tough crowd.
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