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Scenario

How religious communities handle pastoral transitions and theological differences

Our religious community has been split since our longtime pastor retired and we called someone new who has different ideas about social justice and scripture interpretation. Half the congregation loves the changes and half wants the old approach back, and every committee meeting becomes a theological battle that's really about whose vision of faith gets to define us.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community built on shared sacred ground is discovering that their foundation was less solid than they believed, and identity itself is now contested territory.

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