(MESSENGER-INQUIRER) -- When Daniel Cecil accepted the pastorship at Whitesville Baptist Church in 2016, he knew changes had to be made or potentially face closing the doors despite the church's 141-year-old history.

Sunday morning attendance had dipped well below 100 for Whitesville Baptist -- a Protestant church that sits in the heart of a predominantly Catholic town of 500.

Cecil began the slow task of what's called church revitalization -- a process by which existing churches create a new vision along with a fresh strategic focus while staying true to the gospel.

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