This dissertation was designed to research literature and conduct on-site surveys as to one possible explanation for the decline in church attendances rates which have been documented these past years. Dialogue begins with the contradictions on and the disagreement of the reality and depth of attendance drops and then moves into the areas of prior research on church climate and concludes with a discussion on the aspects of servant-leadership and the quality of leadership within the church structure. Educational programs offered in the seminaries used to train future ministers are discussed and research questioning the efficacy of seminary educated ministers is noted. This effectiveness in leadership training affects membership of churches and of the ministerial programs offered by these same churches to its membership. The answer proposed as the underlying problem resulting in the decline of church membership, concerns church leadership and the education of current and future church leaders.