However, significant growth is unlikely. In other words, become a Michigan church that happens to be Southern Baptist rather than a Southern Baptist church that happens to be in Michigan. Finally, I encourage this pastor to stay at Faith Baptist. He knows the church, and the church knows him. There is a high level of mutual trust.
Many critical elements are already in place for future effectiveness.
If he were to leave, Faith Baptist will have a difficult time finding as good a pastor, and he may go to another church with the same issues and have to start all over. This sounds like an area with a highly mobile population. It is very difficult to build strong congregations in a transient environment. But it appears to me the primary blocks to growth are deeper and more complex than a transient population. I wonder if the obstacles do not lie in the pastor's presuppositions.