By TylerR Apr 21 2016 Church RevitalizationReformation21: In 1980 a young Pastor, fresh from seminary, arriving at his first pastorate encountered some startling realities . . . He went outside to try and speak to the departing congregation before and found himself embarrassingly locked out of the church building by the equally rapid exit of the part-time church janitor. After breaking into his own church to obtain his Bible and car keys, the pastor and his wife looked at each other with the sudden realization of just how enormous this pastoral challenge would be. But, there was more to come. 687 reads
