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Originally Posted by Rico
There was a time when what you are describing was more commonplace than today. It used to be that people were born, lived, worked, raised families, the whole nine yards, right there in the same town. Them days are long gone. The average career length is somewhere around 5-8 years, people move around from one part of the country to another, etc. These all factor into whether someone stays put in any given church.
Also, pastors seem to move around more than they used to too, so it isn't uncommon for a new pastor to come to a church, make changes some people don't like, and people find another church to go to.
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We were just transitioning out of this age when I was in my early teens (the 80's). There was still an attitude that said people need to stay in the same town and church that they were born in. Your dating choices were the couple of girls/guys who happened to be part of your congregation, and the local factory was hiring for a lifetime of shift work.
Personally, I think one of the best things to happen in human history is the trend of people moving
much farther away from their families after moving our or marriage. Certain ties need to be broken.... For the family as well as the church family.
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