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When religious communities face identity crisis in transition

Our synagogue's rabbi left suddenly and the congregation is split between people who want traditional leadership and people who think this is our chance to try something more egalitarian, and every board meeting feels like we're fighting about who we are instead of who we want to become.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community in transition must discern whether competing visions represent irreconcilable differences or creative tension that could birth something new.

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