For the past few weeks a small group of pastor friends of mine have been talking about the state of the church in America. We all feel the absolute calamity of the moment. The January 6 insurrection at the Capitol …

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Words form the bulk of a pastor’s life. We teach, instruct, counsel, and admonish.

Yet for many of us, one crucial form of communication is missing.

It’s nothing new.

We just forget to do it.

A growing number of pastors are exploring the possibility of replanting their church once this pandemic mercifully comes to an end. Many are church planters whose next best step is backwards, so to speak—deemphasizing Sunday gatherings, treating the people who …

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