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I was talking with a church recently that had explosive growth, but things have slowed. They wanted to know why they were not growing any longer.
I decided to share my quick answer here.
There are times where God is giving a season of rest and preparation or, in some situations, even taken His hand from the church. Outside the God factor, there are usually reasons for stagnation in an organization, including in a church. In fact, these may be true in the life of a person become stagnant also.
In my experience, the reasons are for getting stuck and halting growth include:
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