Periagoge
Scenario

When small congregations face extinction

Our small congregation is facing financial crisis and some people want to merge with the bigger church across town, but others feel like that would mean losing the intimate community we've built over decades. Every board meeting becomes about money but underneath it's really about what makes a spiritual community worth preserving.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Material constraints force communities to confront what they value most about shared sacred life, often revealing hidden disagreements about essence versus form.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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