This quote is from a comment on a lay leader’s blog:

Most groups in decline are in a stage of development where they are presently being led by bureaucrats. What is needed are entrepeneurs, gunslingers, if you will. The evolution of the church long ago removed these kinds of leaders. Yet, this is what they need to re-vision their organization. The ELCA will continue to decline. Most groups do. When confronted with what it takes to change their future, the leadership will choose to die.—Bill Blair