How to Revitalize a 400-Year-Old Church

In 2022, when John David Mangrum and his team of elders sat down with the remaining congregants of First Church in Charlestown to discuss merging their historic church with Mangrum’s plant, only two women showed up, including 90-year-old Ms. Pat, who’d attended First Church for nearly a quarter of its 400-year history. “Ms. Pat, what Read more...

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