So you want to start a denomination... is the way out of institutional collapse... another institution?

is the way out of institutional collapse... another institution?

Pastor Sierra Ward grew up Seventh Day Adventist, then found her way to Lutheran seminary and internship. She encountered plenty of the same stresses that many of us feel around church these days - the complexities and bureaucratic hierarchy of denominations that made her journey into ordained ministry feel more burdensome than inspiring.

But then she did something unexpe…