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Eugene Cho<\/a> is a model of guiding a traditional and an emerging church into a merger. Isn\u2019t this what \u201cemerging\u201d means? We hear so often about church fights, bickerings, and splits. We don\u2019t hear often enough about church mergers, about churches working together. So, today \u2014 let\u2019s hear about church cooperation that you know about.
\nQuest Church, often called (how cool for a Gospel specialist!) \u201cQ,\u201d is part of the Covenant and I\u2019m proud of these two churches up in the PacNW, guided as they are by Mark Novak and his fine team, who have gone eye-to-eye enough to walk hand-in-hand.
\nI receive letters almost weekly about the struggles a traditional church is having with an emerging group so I\u2019m happy to hear of one that is working out so well. I\u2019d love for you to read the story about Quest\u2019s merger with Interbay in Seattle at Eugene\u2019s site, or the one at Covenant Companion<\/a>, and then let\u2019s have a conversation here about what we have learned about church cooperation and merging, what are the most important elements of \u201csuccessful mergers\u201d and what we need to work on the most. (And, if you can, take his last few comments seriously.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"