Coming of Age Handbook for Congregations
| Author | : Sarah Gibb Millspaugh |
| Publisher | : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Church group work with youth |
| ISBN | : 1558965408 |
The Congregational Hand Book
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Temporary Shepherds
| Author | : Roger S. Nicholson |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 1998-09-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1566996465 |
Effective interim ministry depends on strong partnership between the interim minster and congregation. Lay leaders of congregations preparing for such a transition will value the expert guidance provided by over a dozen experienced interim pastors. What is interim ministry all about? What needs to happen during the interim? What should leaders and members expect from the interim pastor and themselves during this transition? What other resources are available for congregations?
Creative Church Handbook
| Author | : J. Scott McElroy |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2015-04-17 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0830841202 |
Now is the time for the church to reclaim its role as a center of creativity. Among your members are artists and musicians whose gifts can enhance your worship, inform your theology and impact your community. Christian arts advocate J. Scott McElroy gives a comprehensive vision and manual for unleashing creativity in your congregation.
Pastoral Leadership Is...
| Author | : Dave Earley |
| Publisher | : B&H Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1433673843 |
Dozens of brief yet powerful entries for pastors about what it really means to be on-mission, spiritual warriors who lead the local church from a biblical point of view instead of a modern traditional one.
Behavioral Covenants in Congregations
| Author | : Gil Rendle |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 149 |
| Release | : 1998-07-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1566994756 |
This down-to-earth workbook gets to the heart of modern congregational life: how to live creatively together despite differences of age, race, culture, opinion, gender, theological or political position. Alban Senior Consultant Gil Rendle explains how to grow by valuing our differences rather than trying to ignore or blend them. He describes a method of establishing behavioral covenants that includes leadership instruction, training tools, resources (visual models, examples of specific covenants), small-group exercises, plans for meetings and retreats.
Leading Congregational Change
| Author | : Jim Herrington |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2020-10-06 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1506463320 |
Bold transformation is needed in many of the congregations that cover the American landscape, argue Jim Herrington, Mike Bonem, and James H. Furr, authors of Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide for the Transformational Journey. Drawing on their more than one hundred years of combined experience in a wide variety of church-related positions and a deep commitment to the biblical role of the local church, the authors present practical and concrete principles and concepts applicable across a broad spectrum of congregations. Leading Congregational Change presents a simple, memorable, and transferable framework along with principles of congregational transformation--such as God's call for transformation, the central role of spiritual vitality, the sequential nature of effective change, and the learning disciplines. Illustrations and action items offer adaptable suggestions and starting points for discussion. Leading Congregational Change is designed primarily for pastors and other congregational leaders who sense that things are not "just fine" in their churches and realize that deep change is needed. Judicatory staff and church consultants will also find the model for congregational transformation helpful. Individual ministries within a congregation, new congregations, and parachurch organizations can also use it to facilitate their own transformation. A church will grow when it understands and is genuinely committed to demonstrating and sharing the gospel in relevant ways. Growth will be manifested in the deeper commitment of its members. And more people in the community will hear God's call and become faithful disciples of Christ. Leading Congregational Change is a wise and faithful guide for the journey toward such transformation.
Studying Congregations
| Author | : Nancy Tatom Ammerman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780687006519 |
This handbook for seminarians and clergy professionals places the congregation itself, rather than individual scholarly disciplines, at the center of congregational analysis. Using a comprehensive systems approach to congregations, this volume enables readers to analyze the ministries, stories, and processes that are at work in congregations. It provides techniques for studying the congregation as well as a framework for understanding the nature of the congregation.
Congregation & Community
| Author | : Nancy Tatom Ammerman |
| Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 460 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780813523354 |
Why do some religious institutions decline in the face of racial integration whilst others grow? How do congregations deal with economic distress? This study of congregations in the face of community transformation includes stories of over 20 congregations in nine communities across America.
Church Administration Handbook
| Author | : Bruce P. Powers |
| Publisher | : B&H Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 349 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 143366898X |
What’s new about this third edition of the long respected and often used Church Administration Handbook? In addition to time and technological-sensitive updates to the basic organizational details, editor Bruce Powers writes: “The needs of people and churches have continued to change, with questions now being raised about the quality of congregational life, nature of leadership, and responsibility for ministry among all believers . . . As we have prepared this edition, we have sought to address five primary needs. 1. Leadership skills and administrative tools that can be adapted for use in a variety of contexts from traditional to contemporary, from rural to urban, and from unicultural to multicultural settings; 2. Spiritual formation that relates to all of life (from birth to death); 3. Mission consciousness (in community, regionally, nationally, and globally); 4. Ministry of all believers (particularly calling out and equipping vocational, bivocational, and lay ministers); and 5. Leadership competence (the ability to inspire, motivate, and equip the saints for the work of ministry).”
The Caring Congregation Ministry Implementation Guide
| Author | : Karen Lampe |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 155 |
| Release | : 2021-05-04 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1791013392 |
Pastors and church leaders genuinely want to care for people in their congregations and communities. But pastors cannot care for an entire church, and most laypersons don't have the training to do it. The Caring Congregation Ministry is a model for person-to-person care that's been proven to work in small and large churches across the U.S. It is a laity-centered ministry, where laypersons receive rigorous training and then are commissioned to serve as Congregational Care Ministers, caring for others in their own congregation and their extended community. This remarkable approach to congregational care was first developed by author Karen Lampe and her team at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, in Kansas City. It has been tested, refined, and strengthened, and is now being adapted in all sorts of congregational settings. One early adapter was co-author Melissa Gepford, who launched a Caring Congregation Ministry in her own rural church. Together, they have created this immensely practical guide for any pastor or leader seeking to create a congregational care ministry. This Implementation Guide is the main book for getting started. It introduces the ministry model and explains the Five Essentials which form the ministry's foundation. It is extremely practical, full of checklists and other tools to help pastors and other leaders understand (and explain) this way of providing congregational care. The Implementation Guide also includes a section focused on the crucial component of this ministry–the Congregational Care Minister, or CCM. This section fully describes the characteristics of CCM's, how to recruit people to this ministry, how to discern if candidates are a good fit, and how to conduct the CCM training over a multi-week period. It details the critical information CCM's must know, and the behaviors and habits they must practice in order to be effective. Note that the companion book, The Caring Congregation Ministry: Care Minister's Manual, is required for the CCM training. It serves as a training workbook, which then becomes the CCM's personal reference manual.
