Chattanooga Matters to end work as ministry incubator

Kevin McNelly always has compared Chattanooga Matters to a tomato stake supporting a fruit-bearing plant.

On Dec. 31, having been a Christian ministry incubator for more than a quarter century and sowing dozens of new plants, Chattanooga Matters will pull up that stake.

"We have run our course and done our job," said Mr. McNelly, executive director of the group originally known as the Chattanooga Resource Foundation. "The type of ministry that was started 26 years ago was needed for the city and accomplished great things through the years."

The economic downturn was "one piece of the puzzle" that led to the board's decision to close, but not the only one, Mr. McNelly said. A decline in donations and interest over at least the past five years also contributed, he said.

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