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Author : John E. Denson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Redefining Congregational Identity and Purpose written by John E. Denson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffrey L. Gainsley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Redefining Congregational Identity During a Period of Transition at Faith Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran Church of the Resurrection written by Jeffrey L. Gainsley and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. Thomas Holmes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (639 download)
Download or read book Redefining Identity and Vision as a Strategy for Renewing Energy for Mission in a Context Characterized by Change, Diversity and Ambiguity written by W. Thomas Holmes and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theological principIe undergirding this study maintains that when God calls people, they are given a new identity and a vision for mission which has the potential for energizing their ministry to people outside of the faith community. It follows, therefore, that when congregations are able to clearly define their identity and vision for mission, they will experience an increase in energy for that mission. The challenge facing St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Forest Park, Illinois is that because both it's context and congregational dynamics arc characterized by change, diversity, and ambiguity, it has become uncertain about its identity and vision and has consequently experienced a decrease in energy for mission. The research shows that when ambiguity is the salient characteristic of both the context and the organization, technical soIutions and new programs are not effective. Instead, what is needed is a renewed sense of meaning, purpose and direction. The thesis project is an experiment in seeing if a small, multi-cultural congregation in a changing neighborhood can be reenergized for mission by the telling and claiming of stories from both the congregation's experience and from its biblical heritage as a means to redefining its identity and vision.
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 : 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 : 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 : Janet R. Cawley
Publisher : Alban Institute, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781566993210
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (932 download)
Download or read book Who Is Our Church? written by Janet R. Cawley and published by Alban Institute, Incorporated. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 176 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 : David A. Roozen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802828194
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Church, Identity, and Change written by David A. Roozen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-02 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since colonial days, religious work in American has happened through denominations. At least since the start of the twentieth century, these religious bodies consisted of a fairly tight, intra-denominationally connected system of congregations, regional judicatories, and national offices. This system was the product of more than two centuries of consolidation among Americanbs historic immigrant and indigenous churches. The vast majority of these structures are still in place, retain some semblance of internal coherence, have considerable social and religious significance, and will be with us for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, the stresses upon them today clearly indicate that they are entering an unsettled period of transition. The purpose of this book is to examine the national structures of eight diverse Protestant denominations as a part of that shift. The frame of this study is the relationship between the theological and organizational nature of national denominational structures as they adapt to the changing situation of the twenty-first century.
Author : Charles R. Foster
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book We are the Church Together written by Charles R. Foster and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1996 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there anything distinctive about what it means to be "church" in a culturally diverse congregation? Does the cultural diversity of a congregation affect the way it seeks to form and renew itself as a community of faith? On-the-scene research in three culturally diverse congregations in a large southern city answers these questions in ways that are sometimes encouraging, sometimes disappointing, but always stimulating. The authors point out that embracing cultural diversity in congregations requires a radical rethinking and reconfiguration of conventional theological, educational, and polity assumptions.
Author : John Martin Nelsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Using Narrative to Enhance a Congregation's Sense of Identity and Purpose written by John Martin Nelsen and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Naomi R. Walters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Discerning Congregational Identity at the Stamford Church of Christ written by Naomi R. Walters and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles E. Van Engen
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 0801093112
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)
Download or read book God's Missionary People written by Charles E. Van Engen and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 1991-09 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world-claiming theology of the church draws on ancient and modern thoughts. The author focuses on how the church can grow to become in reality "God's missionary people."
Author : Thomas M. Greener
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (527 download)
Download or read book Becoming Us written by Thomas M. Greener and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joesph Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 914 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (695 download)
Download or read book The Expression of Congregational Identity in the Church of the Nazarene as Seen Through the Cultural Lens of Age written by Joesph Bell and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert C. Anderson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Discovering Congregational Identity written by Robert C. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Louis Vono
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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 : Victor Earle Casad
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)
Download or read book A Study of a Local Congregation written by Victor Earle Casad and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
