New churches are desperately needed in almost every regional area.
Associations thrive on properly planted new churches.
An irreversible trend has been noted in hundreds of churches which have weakened to the apparent point of no return. This is a serious matter and needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, many of these churches are in communities which have experienced sharp population decline or where no new growth is experienced. In approximately half of the associations in Georgia, moderate to sharp decline has been noted in these statistics. In addition, the association should study the total population.