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  John November 3, 2011 at 9:01 am

  A revitalisation begins by saying this church is dying. A replant begins by saying this church is dead.

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    neil November 3, 2011 at 9:50 am

    That’s a neat way of putting things and I think that’s about right. I wonder whether it is less about whether the church is dead/dying as to whether the church’s leadership is dead/dying.

    Re-planting has at it’s heart a new church leadership with a new vision

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      John November 3, 2011 at 12:45 pm

      A new church leadership with a new vision may be one of a number of things that has to happen (in either the case of a replant or a revitalisation), but I would think that a diagnosis of where the problems lie will vary depending on context.

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