It may not come immediately to mind, but your church has probably undergone great challenges and changes in the past in order to make it the congregation you appreciate today. This was their legacy to you. A church is also always tending to its life for the sake of the congregation who will follow you in the future. This will be your legacy to them. Change in congregations is never easy.
All congregations realize that their world has changed.
Most acknowledge that they have a need to renew their own life. But still they don't change. To become something new, churches often have to confront their current reality, unlearning assumptions, priorities, and behaviours which have worked against them, and then learn new ones which will serve them better. But if learning anxiety overwhelms the survival anxiety, then all a church can hope for is to somehow survive. As leaders of change, it is your role to reduce this learning anxiety.