Bishop Will Willimon of the North Alabama Conference has posted two entries on Lessons in Transformation in which he cites/quotes Paul Borden. I commend them to your reading. Especially #3 and #5:

3. Pastors and denominations that do not want to disrupt comfortable congregations must understand they are abdicating their responsibilities as Christian leaders to serve God well. Enabling and helping congregations to continually exercise sinful dysfunctional behavior means that such pastors and denominational leaders are practicing carnal co-dependent realtionships that work against God’s mission for the Church.

5. Leading congregational transformation is much more difficult than starting new congregations. However, the investment is worth it when one sees expensive facilities sitting on valuable properties being used to achieve grand missions that produce changed lives and communities.

My only disagreement is with #6:

6. There are only two valid reasons for denominations to exist. One is to help congregations transform and the second is to help them reproduce.

I think the role of the denomination, at least of the denomination known as the United Methodist Church is larger. The above are key reasons, but not the only reasons. I think the source of the difference of opinion I have with Paul Borden is that he is coming from a Baptist perspective, whereas the United Methodist Church has a more robust understanding of the mission of the denomination as a whole (a great deal of mission and ministry is done not only through the local church, but through the conference and denominational structure).

The whole list is well worth the look. The entries are at http://willimon.blogspot.com/2009/03/lessons-we-have-learned-in-leading.html and http://willimon.blogspot.com/2009/03/lessons-we-have-learned-in-leading_09.html.