When they finally hear the call to move on, they are a blessed extraction. Sometimes it's called a backdoor revival.
Colleges can experience the same blessing, sometimes preventatively.
It's possible to pray away problems before they come. Let me explain. Each fall I set a goal for new students to come the next fall. After I give that goal to the admissions team and they pick themselves up, they go to work to make it happen. Their success has surprised even themselves most years lately.