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Ministerial meeting at CU focuses on church growth Dr. Shane Garrison, Rev. Alan Witham offer alternatives for increasing church membership Click on headline for full story, photo(s) By Linda Waggener News from Campbellsville University CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - The Taylor County Ministerial Association March meeting was hosted by Campbellsville University and featured two training sessions around how to grow the church. Dr. Shane Garrison, assistant professor of educational ministries in the CU School of Theology, presented "Church Life Cycles" including how-to steps for taking a church from one level of involvement to the next. He said that without redefinition and/or redevelopment, a church may slowly slip into decline. The Rev. Alan Witham, a 1984 graduate of Campbellsville University who is pastoral ministry counseling group leader/central region consultant with the church consulting and revitalization team of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, presented "Essential Steps in a Church Revitalization Process" with nine basic steps in the concept of revitalizing the church. - Statistics he offered showing why churches need revitalization include: 75 percent of Churches in Kentucky are either plateaued or in decline, 80-85 percent nationwide;Among the steps Witham presented toward beginning the process of revitalization was to "begin the church revitalization journey with a personal revitalization journey. He quoted Acts 20:28, "Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Sprit has made you overseers." He said that often pastors want to pay careful attention to the flock first. The CU School of Theology maintains strong ties to the Taylor County Ministerial Association in her home location, and offers helpful connections for all churches in the state. Website: Campbellsville.edu/school-of-theology Campbellsville University is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 3,600 students offering 63 undergraduate options, 17 master's degrees, five postgraduate areas and eight pre-professional programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu. This story was posted on 2013-04-12 14:49:23
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