Sacred Places Magazine Winter 2026 | Page 18

Rethinking yo with your Reli

Assess the congregation’ s assets, income, and liabilities to determine financial health.

If nothing changes, how much time do you have to innovate, given your financial resources?

Congregation has 2 + years of solvency.

		Congregation has < 2 years of solvency.
		Your congregation may still have time to
		sell to a community-oriented buyer
		that shares your values.
Can your congregation participate in transferring property?	YES		Do you have a governing body that has some say / control over property?	YES	Do you have signifiant amounts of property that you are interested in selling?

YES

Talk to your judicatory. Will they allow you to pursue development?

YES

Pass on responsibility to governing body.

Mission-Aligned Sale of some or all of the congregation’ s property.