Six Reasons to Love the Established Church

Podcast Episode #434

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Sam Rainer joins us to talk about the established church and why pastors should love them. We also highlight an upcoming conference for pastors of established churches.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

• After a church has been around for more than a decade, it becomes an established church.
• When you inherit an established church, you often inherit 4-5 generations in a church.
• A healthy established church will have people who are involved and integrated into the health of the community.
• Not only do established churches have buildings, they are often in strategic locations in their town.

The six reasons we cover on this episode are:

1. They are often multigenerational
2. The have generations of gospel stories
3. They are often anchors in their community
4. Many of them have buildings in strategic locations
5. Many of them have stable finances
6. Then have a history worth saving

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