A vision for the future (and really now) of the church

Pastor Matthew Best
12 min readMar 24, 2022

I don’t think it’s controversial to say that the current model of the church is no longer sustainable. Some may think such a statement is controversial, but the evidence shows that how the church is structured and functions and operates hasn’t been sustainable for awhile now. How many articles have you read about the decline of the church in the West? By some measurements, the decline started in the early 1950’s after it crested following the chaos caused by World War II. It makes sense that there would be a huge growth in the church in the West as the people of…

--

--

Pastor Matthew Best

My name is Matthew Best. I’m an ELCA (Lutheran) pastor who attempts to translate church and churchy stuff into everyday language.