By 1860 the church congregation had fallen to eight people.
Reaching out to church congregations can be just as difficult.
Only members of the church congregation were eligible to vote.
Three years later, the church congregation grew to be about 1,000 members with an annual budget of $1,500,000.
The church congregation moved in 1960 to the larger city of Cambridge.
"But most church congregations and their leaders are not prepared for those discussions."
By the mid-1990s the church congregation had fallen in number to a small handful of members.
Often entire communities and church congregations would move together over the road to new settlements.
Voting took place over a whole weekend so that many church congregations could vote at Sunday services.
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