A church doesn’t need to have a pastor to be a church. A church without a pastor is a viable church. This state of affairs is not a step down from being a “real church,” whatever that means. Once we embrace this idea instead of trying hard to fix it, churches can go about their work of being Christ’s body.
In Kansas, where I live, the present and future of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are churches that are led by church...
