Author: Anthony B. Robinson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Keywords: culture, congregational, transforming
Number of Pages: 138
Published: 2003-02
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0802805183
ISBN-13: 9780802805188

Many recent books have attempted to address the "crisis" in the mainline church. Anthony Robinson here makes a significant — and in many ways unique — contribution to this discussion by bringing his personal insights as a pastor to bear on the issue of renewing congregational life. Writing from twenty-five years of experience in four congregations of differing size, location, and ethnic makeup, Robinson prescribes concrete changes in the practice of ministry that have been tried, tested, and lived out to great success. At the heart of his framework for church renewal is what he calls "c

Author: Conrad Edick Wright
Publisher: Skinner House Books
Keywords: polity, congregational
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1997-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 1558963618
ISBN-13: 9781558963610

Author: Lawrence A. Hoffma
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Keywords: congregational, life, vocabulary, new, synagogues, rethinking
Number of Pages: 225
Published: 2006-06-15
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1580232485
ISBN-13: 9781580232487

Synagogues are under attack, and for good reasons. But they remain the religious backbone of Jewish continuity, especially in America, the sole Western industrial or post-industrial nation where religion and spirituality continue to grow in importance. To fulfill their mandate for the American future, synagogues need to replace old and tired conversation with a new way of talking about their goals, their challenges and their vision for the future. In this provocative clarion call for synagogue transformation, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman summarizes a decade of research with Synagogue 2000--a pion

Author: Isa Aron
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Keywords: revitalizing, congregational, life, key, learning, congregation, learners, becoming
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2000-11
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 158023089X
ISBN-13: 9781580230896

How can my congregation transform itself? How can we re-dedicate ourselves to learning? Learning is a key component of a congregation’s culture. How can congregations and their members re-dedicate themselves to learning? This guide is a rich resource of detailed, practical, and inspiring information. It presents an overview of successful congregations, explains when and how to bring about change, and helps readers create a task force to help transform Jewish learning. A resource no congregation can do without.

Author: Jack L. Seymour
Publisher: Abingdon Pre
Keywords: congregational, learning, approaches, education, christian, mapping
Number of Pages: 139
Published: 1997-02-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0687008123
ISBN-13: 9780687008124

Throughout this book, four themes--transformation, faith community, spiritual growth, and religious instruction--act as directional signposts for veteran and novice Christian educators, seminarians, or anyone interested in Christian education.

Author: Unitarian Universalist Commission on Appraisal
Publisher: The Association
Keywords: polity, congregational, renewing, interdependence
Number of Pages: 173
Published: 1997
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1558963588
ISBN-13: 9781558963580

Authors:Madeleine Marshall, Janet Todd,
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Keywords: century, eighteenth, hymns, congregational, english
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1982-12-31
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0813114705
ISBN-13: 9780813114705