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Either you heard what I did not say, or I am totally missing the sarcasm and point of this statement. Keeping a dead congregation open by having a full time pastor is far from pragmatic. It is chasing bad money.
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No one can say what congregation or dead or alive but God.
People meeting to hear sermons and Scripture is a starting point.
A pastor can bring dead men to life by preaching the Word faithfully and accurately.
I have not met a pastor yet who can look across a congregation and pronounce it dead. That would be omniscience. Nor can he look at a group and say it will never live. Faith in one pastor can bring the dead to life and revive those who are almost asleep. Lack of money is one of the lousiest reasons to stop a working for God because he can supply needs to finish his work anywhere, including a seemingly dead church. If a man has faith in something, supernaturally supplied from God above, it can be done and will be done as God can't fail.