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Author : Michael Louis Vono
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Congregational Identity and Its Implications for Mission and Ministry written by Michael Louis Vono and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Craig L. Nessan
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451405391
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Beyond Maintenance to Mission written by Craig L. Nessan and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2010-02-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visionary yet practical, Nessan's influential book makes a persuasive case for the centrality of mission in the life of the church. Nessan's model of mission-driven leadership is strongly centered on the community of faith's worship and draws unique connections between the worship life of a congregation and every aspect of the church's ministry. Around the twin foci of congregational identity and mission, the chapters in this dynamic book provide solid theological and radical direction on the themes of worship, education, fellowship, stewardship, evangelism, global connections, and social ministry.
Author : Craig Van Gelder
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441200592
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Ministry of the Missional Church written by Craig Van Gelder and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time when churches are focusing on finding strategies and techniques to guarantee success, a movement toward the missional church is emerging. Missional churches are communities created by the Spirit with a unique nature and identity. Purpose and strategies of the church are derivative dimensions, the activities that flow naturally from the church that is focused on Spirit-led ministry. The Ministry of the Missional Church leads pastors, ministry leaders, and laypersons through three simple arguments--the church is; the church does what it is; the church organizes what it does--in order to make sense of how missional churches work. And by focusing the work of the church as the work of the Triune God, this unique book will change the way readers think about the church and the world.
Author : Janet R. Cawley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 156699702X
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Who Is Our Church? written by Janet R. Cawley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After congregations have considered their history, added up all the statistics, and tried to be honest about their core values, the question still remains: "Who are we, really?" Author Janet Cawley offers a creative, engaging, and faithful way to answer just that question. Cawley demonstrates how to use a congregation’s knowledge of itself to construct a metaphor of the congregation as a person and then draw on theat metaphor to generate options for future mission. Cawley makes the case that congregations with a clear, well-articulated identity—those that know, accept, and love who they are—can be flexible and respond to change and new initiatives from the Holy Spirit with boldness because their basic sense of themselves is affirmed rather than threatened. They can make faithful and appropriate choices about what they should do. Congregations will find this intuitive, imaginative approach is useful, accurate, and lots of fun!
Author : B. Hunter Farrell
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 1514000695
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Freeing Congregational Mission written by B. Hunter Farrell and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North American congregations face a deepening crisis of consumer-oriented "selfie missions" and practices based on colonial-era assumptions. Seeking to free congregational mission from harmful cultural forces, this book helps churches better partner with God's work in the world, offering the latest research and practical, step-by-step tools for churches.
Author : William James Hope
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Assessing the Effect of Mission Identity Upon the Enactment of Ministry in Assemblies of God Churches written by William James Hope and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A keen concept of the founding leaders of the Assemblies of God was the idea of creating a loosely-knit structure around the unique Pentecostal experiences. In 1968 the General Presbytery of the Assemblies of God completed a self-study document and adopted a mission statement with the conviction that a clearly understood mission would motivate a definite plan of action. The purpose of this project was to identify the relationship between Assemblies of God churches which have an intentional commitment to the 1968 mission statement and its effect upon the enactment of ministry through congregational life"--Abstract.
Author : Richard Bullock
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 156699487X
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Clergy Renewal written by Richard Bullock and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planned time away from the parish for study, rest, and spiritual renewal can be beneficial-and often necessary-for any pastor, as well as for the congregation. In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Alban’s popular Sabbatical Planning for Clergy and Congregations, Bullock and Bruesehoff provide the definitive guide to putting together refreshing pastoral sabbaticals that can help keep ministry vital and growing for the long term
Author : Israel Galindo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566996562
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)
Download or read book The Hidden Lives of Congregations written by Israel Galindo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with crisis, lack of direction, or just plain "stuckness," many congregations and their leaders are content to deal only with surface issues and symptoms—only to discover that the same problems keep recurring, often in different, and more serious, ways. In The Hidden Lives of Congregations, Christian educator and consultant Israel Galindo takes leaders below the surface of congregational life to provide a comprehensive, holistic look at the corporate nature of church relationships and the invisible dynamics at play. Informed by family systems theory and grounded in a wide-ranging ecclesiological understanding, Galindo unpacks clearly the factors of congregational lifespan, size, spirituality, and identity and shows how these work together to form the congregation’s hidden life. He provides useful tools for diagnosing and understanding how one’s congregation fits into the various categories he names and suggests what leadership skills are necessary to get beyond the impasse of surface issues and help the congregation achieve its mission. The Hidden Lives of Congregations provides one of the most far-reaching looks into the invisible nature of faith communities written in recent years. For seminaries and divinity schools, it provides a standard text for getting a solid start in congregational practices; for experienced pastors, it provides support for renewing ministry; for lay leaders and committees, it offers insight to deepening mutual ministry. Israel Galindo has written an indispensable manual that leaders will return to repeatedly for new wisdom and guidance
Author : Craig Van Gelder
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802863582
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book The Missional Church and Denominations written by Craig Van Gelder and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missional Church and Denominations utilizes the missional church conversation as a lens for engaging an important dimension of church life in the United States -- denominations and denominationalism. Denominations have been studied from a wide variety of perspectives, including historical, sociological, and theological, but they have yet to be engaged in light of a missional church understanding. Here each essay helps to bring further clarity to the word "missional" and contributes to the ever-widening conversation. Contributors: Daniel R. Anderson Marion Wyvetta Bullock David G. Forney Wesley Granberg-Michaelson Todd Hobart Alan J. Roxburgh Kyle J. A. Small Craig Van Gelder Dwight Zscheile
Author : Craig Van Gelder
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802845673
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book The Missional Church in Context written by Craig Van Gelder and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The missional church conversation continues to make a vital contribution to thinking about congregations and their contexts, addressing the essential question What does it really mean to be church? This book offers substantial, clarifying insights into that ongoing dialogue. Contributors: Mark Lau Branson James Tzu-Kao Chai Mary Sue Dehmlow Dreier Terri Martinson Elton Scott Frederickson Joon Ho Lee Gary M. Simpson Craig Van Gelder
Author : Timothy D. Son
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739183117
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Ritual Practices in Congregational Identity Formation written by Timothy D. Son and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ritual Practices in Congregational Identity Formation investigates the educational roles of ritual practices in the process of congregational identity formation. Son identifies and analyzes various kinds of Christian rituals with respect to how rituals influence the formational processes of a congregation’s identity. Based on Victor Turner’s ritual theory, this book also investigates the pedagogical and transformative efficacies of ritual practices within the dynamics of congregational education.
Author : George B. Thompson Jr.
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725235870
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Futuring Your Church written by George B. Thompson Jr. and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A vision is not a mission statement," declares George Thompson. In the throes of establishing their congregational identity, many church leaders resort to developing a mission statement which gets put in a file drawer and forgotten until the next budget review. The problem is that mission statements focus on concrete achievements; a vision, in contrast, establishes the larger picture of aim, broad purpose, and hopes. In Futuring Your Church, church leaders explore the congregation's heritage, its current context, and its theological bearings. From the insights gleaned, members can discern what God is currently calling their own church to do in this time and place. Once this vision is found, Thompson provides a simple organization model for applying the vision--for making it work. A practical, helpful tool for futuring authentic ministry.
Author : Ethan E. Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (824 download)
Download or read book The Significance of Congregational Identity and Structure to Spiritual Formation Within Churches of Christ written by Ethan E. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing a clear understanding of identity within the congregation, and putting community-friendly structures in place, are human expressions of faithfulness to which God may respond. Congregational identity consists of a clealyr defiined mission, set of core beliefs , core values, and vision. Congregational structures are programs or activities of the church that are put in place to channel, guide, and focused members toward interaction with God. A survey focuses on the West Springfield (Mass.) Church of Christ.
Author : Jason Byassee
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 0687466598
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (874 download)
Download or read book The Gifts of the Small Church written by Jason Byassee and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why the small- to mid-sized church remains God's best means to make disciples of Jesus Christ
Author : Sondra Higgins Matthaei
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1501807048
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Formation in Faith written by Sondra Higgins Matthaei and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ministry of congregations is to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Behind that simple and seemingly self-evident statement lies a problematic reality, however. While congregations know that disciple making is at the heart of their identity, they often have trouble understanding how to go about it. Apart from such traditional Christian education ministries as Sunday school, too little formal thinking or planning goes into the task of forming Christians in the faith. In this book Sondra Matthaei casts a vision in which congregations open up their life of faith to others as an invitation to connect the universal longing for authentic relationships and deeper meaning with the church’s practice of faithful discipleship. As folks enter the church’s communion of grace, Matthaei challenges church leaders to utilize the gifts of every member and lays out a plan to help congregations grow in faith and communion with God and creation, including the context and goal of such ministry, deciding what to teach and who shall teach, and attendant relationships, structures, and practices.
Author : Tim Conder
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 0827227647
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Organizing Church written by Tim Conder and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 21st century is the age of community organizing, from rallies in the streets to online movements for change. What if congregations embraced community organizing? Organizing Church offers a unique perspective that blends proven principles of community organizing and research on socially active congregations into a formula that will revitalize and empower churches as change-agents. Seasoned pastors and community activists Tim Conder and Dan Rhodes will help pastors and other church leaders build healthier congregations, create a deep culture of discipleship in their community, and respond to the challenges presented by the global culture of the 21st century. Organizing Church is the essential field guide for joining the social justice movement today.
Author : Larry L. McSwain
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 0827205317
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (272 download)
Download or read book The Calling of Congregational Leadership written by Larry L. McSwain and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading is a calling from God, but that doesn't mean it is easy. There are choices to be made about what your congregation believes, how your church organizes for effective ministry, and how your church serves the settings of which you are a part. The good news is that others have gone before you. Author Larry L. McSwain's forty years of experience can help guide you through these choices. Rooted in research, The Calling of Congregational Leadership teaches a three-pronged approach to congregational leadership: being a good leader, the knowledge needed by the leader, and the managing of ministry leadership. By using this practical, holistic approach to leading congregations, McSwain shows you how to use your church's potential for conveying the power of God in the lives you touch. The Calling of Congregational Leadership is for those who seek to enlarge the understanding of their leadership to make their communities of faith more vital and more reflective of the mission of God in the world.
