Closed for Business by S. M. Hutchens

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Closed for Business

by S. M. Hutchens

One cannot help but notice a lot of churches going out of business these days. Business—that is just the problem. The moment a church begins to conceive of itself in those terms and operate accordingly (as so many do), its peculiar grace has fled.

—S. M. Hutchens

S. M. Hutchens is a senior editor and longtime writer for Touchstone.

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