Cory Wosnack, Avison Young principal and managing director of the company’s Edmonton region, recently announced the hiring of industry veterans Amit Grover and Jandip Deol.
As I do Strategic Planning with churches all over the country, one of most consistent priorities churches identify is attracting young families. I don’t think I’ve been to a church yet that said, “We don’t really need to reach young people. We’re doing just fine with an aging population and our old ways of doing things.”Read More
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Hoping is not the same as aiming. Many churches acknowledge they need more young families. Many churches wish they had more young families. Many churches even pray for more young families. But it a…