Many people visit the church primarily at Christmas time. Unfortunately, many churches are rather empty the rest of the year. In other words, few members of the church actually use the church during the year. In addition, the church is losing members – and thereby also money. An example is Denmark: In 1990, 89.3% of the people in Denmark were members of the church. In 2006, only 83% of the people in Denmark were members of the church. Sources: * http://www.km.dk/545.html * http://www.km.dk/579.html Below, I have listed some ideas to renew and redefine the church: Idea # 1: To priests: How about moving around in the church among the guests instead of speaking to people from above I’ve experienced that several priests speak down to the people coming to church from a chair raised a couple of metres above the ground. Instead of pursuing this rather authoritarian way of communicating, how about moving to the same level as the people/the guests? One way to do it could be to walk around in th...