Connecting With The Congregation
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Inside The Large Congregation
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Author : Susan Beaumont
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2011-10-25
Inside The Large Congregation written by Susan Beaumont and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-25 with Religion categories.
For five years, Alban Institute senior consultant Susan Beaumont has been giving voice to the organizational and leadership demands of large congregations. Through her work, she has identified five basic leadership systems that need to stay in alignment for the large church to function well for its size: clergy leadership roles, staff team design and function, governance and board function, acculturation and the role of laity, and forming and executing strategy. She has also learned that these five systems operate with some important but subtle distinctions in what Beaumont calls the professional church (400-800 in worship attendance), the strategic church (800-1,200), and the matrix church (1,200-2,000). Often, she has discovered, problems in a large congregation are related to the fact that one or more of the five systems is inappropriately structured for the size of the congregation. In other words, the church isn't acting its size. Beaumont is invested in helping large congregations 'rightsize' their leadership systems to better serve their ministry context. This book articulates why size matters and how it matters in the world of large congregations. It is written for anyone who wants to better understand the leadership and organizational dynamics of the large church anyone seeking to understand the challenges of leading from inside the large congregation.
Pursuing The Full Kingdom Potential Of Your Congregation
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Author : George W Bullard
language : en
Publisher: Chalice Press
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Pursuing The Full Kingdom Potential Of Your Congregation written by George W Bullard and has been published by Chalice Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Religion categories.
"Full Kingdom potential," says George Bullard, "is a journey, not a destination. To reach your full Kingdom potential, its pursuit must be your enduring passion and desire." Drawing on his more than four decades of experience in congregational leadership, Bullard offers not just another process for congregational redevelopment. He learns from the past to take congregations on a spiritual journey that is open-ended, custom-made, and locally owned. His focus is on capacity building in each congregation, calling for a narrative approach to futuring in the life of congregations that responds to new things God is seeking to do in and through members of the congregation. From the TCP Leadership Series.
The Connecting Church 2 0
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Author : Randy Frazee
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan
Release Date : 2013-03-12
The Connecting Church 2 0 written by Randy Frazee and has been published by Zondervan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-12 with Religion categories.
The development of meaningful relationships, where every member carries a significant sense of belonging, is central to what it means to be the church. So why do many Christians feel disappointed and disillusioned with their efforts to experience authentic community? Despite the best efforts of pastors, small group leaders, and faithful lay persons, church too often is a place of loneliness rather than connection. In this revised and updated version of his best-selling book, Randy Frazee shows us how church can be so much...better. More intimate and alive. The answer may seem radical today, but it was a central component of life in the early church. First-century Christians knew what it meant to live in vital community with one another, relating with a depth and commitment that made "the body of Christ" a perfect metaphor for the church. What would it take to reclaim that kind of love, joy, support, and dynamic spiritual growth? Read this book and find out.
Church As Network
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Author : Jeffrey H. Mahan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2021-12-15
Church As Network written by Jeffrey H. Mahan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-15 with Religion categories.
Just as the emergence of print and literacy created conditions for vast religious change at the time of the Reformation, the emergence of a digital culture shaped by computers and the internet has led to radically different assumptions about religious identity, how people connect and maintain transformative relationships, and how people follow and give authority to leaders. The central issues concerning this digital culture are not technological but theological and anthropological. Old models of stable religious identity and community seem irrelevant in a culture in which everyone is in motion. The book identifies three profound changes produced by digital culture which challenge existing understandings of church: 1) a shift to seeing Christian identity as an ongoing constructive project, 2) the development of fluid networked forms of community, and 3) the emergence of less hierarchical more conversational forms of leadership.
Assaulting The Gates
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Author : Rev. Paul D. Borden
language : en
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Release Date : 2011-12-01
Assaulting The Gates written by Rev. Paul D. Borden and has been published by Abingdon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-01 with Religion categories.
Learn the “Big Picture” approach that will aim your congregation at the mission field in your back yard, or around the world. Many churches want to make the transition from an inward to an outward focus, from catering to the needs of members to reaching out into the world to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Too often they try to accomplish this radical change by taking half steps and partial measures, initiating a new program here or adding a new staff members there. Yet this kind of change requires more. To succeed in changing its core focus this way, a congregation must learn strategic thinking; it must commit itself to seeing the big picture, and to taking the steps necessary to paint that picture afresh. Everyone, including pastors, lay leaders, key teams and groups, and the congregation as a whole must be involved in a process of transformation. Paul D. Borden, author of Hit the Bullseye and Direct Hit, knows that this transformation will not be easy. But if the target is bringing more people into saving relationship with Jesus Christ, what could be more worthwhile?
Recreating The Church
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Author : Richard L Hamm
language : en
Publisher: Chalice Press
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Recreating The Church written by Richard L Hamm and has been published by Chalice Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Religion categories.
Mainline denominations in the United States are in crisis. These institutions - created in and for modernity - are now facing a changed, postmodern culture. Hamm faces the crisis, examining its origins, and offers sound advice on how to lead to church to make the adaptive changes needed to thrive in postmodern times. A TCP Leadership Series title.
Points Of Connection
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Author : Joshua A. Stone
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2024-04-19
Points Of Connection written by Joshua A. Stone and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-19 with Religion categories.
Points of Connection: Realizing the Potential for Improving the Church Membership Process Church member assimilation is key to growth for the Christian and has been particularly difficult for many churches since the recent pandemic. A highly assimilated church is a church where all members are encouraged in tangible ways in their walk with Jesus Christ as their personal Savior by embodying the great apologetic: ...but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. (Ephesians 4:15-16 NASB 2020) Using a structured program evaluation, the author sought to gain insight from new church members by interviewing a cross-section of new members who had joined within a two-year period. Participants included a diverse group of church members, including younger adults, single adults, married adults, seasoned believers, and new believers, ensuring that all demographics of the church family were represented. The participants interviewed had ample time to assimilate prior to the interviews. The end goal was to determine why some members might not be assimilating well since joining the church, and to get more members on the path to discipleship and service and connection to the local body of Christ through participatory membership. The responses identified ways that the church can reach more people, increase engagement, and move people along to serving well as fully assimilated members. In a supported effort to assimilate church members well, this book will showcase a streamlined process of walking new members through the process of assimilation by helping them to connect with other believers, with church leadership, and with areas of service where they may employ their spiritual gifts. This book may serve as a guided resource for pastors, church staff members and leaders in the church as they help new members to find points of connection within the church.
A Review Of The Congregational System In Connection With A Department Of Its Local History The First Circular Letter Of The Berks And West London Association
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Author : John Howard Hinton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826
A Review Of The Congregational System In Connection With A Department Of Its Local History The First Circular Letter Of The Berks And West London Association written by John Howard Hinton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1826 with categories.
Church Papers On Subjects Chiefly Connected With The Romanizing Errors Of The Times Edited By J Spurgin
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Author : John SPURGIN (Vicar of Hockham, Norfolk.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
Church Papers On Subjects Chiefly Connected With The Romanizing Errors Of The Times Edited By J Spurgin written by John SPURGIN (Vicar of Hockham, Norfolk.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with categories.
A Review Of The Congregational System In Connection With A Department Of Its Local History Being The First Circular Letter Of The Berks And West London Association By J H H
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Author : John Howard HINTON (the Elder.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826
A Review Of The Congregational System In Connection With A Department Of Its Local History Being The First Circular Letter Of The Berks And West London Association By J H H written by John Howard HINTON (the Elder.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1826 with categories.