Trust by Design
The Beautiful Behaviors of an Effective Church Culture
Published on 19. September 2017
82 pages
978-1-5018-4245-0 (ISBN)
Description
Trust is a bankable asset for leaders who direct, shape, and guide faith communities. Trust is a form of equity that fuels attitudes, behaviors, and actions in faith communities who aim to transform the world. Through a process of self-examination into the behaviors and actions that help build or break trust, leaders can step boldly into ministry where God is sending them.
This guide to building trust as an asset is practical and analytical. The concepts are supported by anecdotes and stories, so that the reader is invited to share or journal with their own experiences. The book will level the playing field, so that a small group of church leaders can engage together as peers (lay and clergy) within their particular faith community. This book is useful for pastors and staff teams, the personnel committee, the administrative board or church council, and youth leaders.
This guide to building trust as an asset is practical and analytical. The concepts are supported by anecdotes and stories, so that the reader is invited to share or journal with their own experiences. The book will level the playing field, so that a small group of church leaders can engage together as peers (lay and clergy) within their particular faith community. This book is useful for pastors and staff teams, the personnel committee, the administrative board or church council, and youth leaders.
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Rev. Dr. Amy Valdez Barker currently serves as the Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Education and Mission Innovation at Candler School of Theology in Emory University. She has held executive roles at The Connectional Table and Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church. She is an ordained Deacon of the North Georgia Annual Conference and a graduate from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She has authored a book on trust called Trust by Design: The Beautiful Behaviors of an Effective Church Culture. She loves spending time with her two teenage children, her husband and their Bernedoodle, Gryffin in their sweet little community of Lilburn, Georgia.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- The Church: Trust Training Centers
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Why Trust?
- The Trust Deficit
- Why I Care-And You Should Too!
- Trust by Design
- Discovering the Essentials for Trust
- The Trust Design
- Chapter 2: Trust Faith
- Can You Seriously Trust the Church?
- We Have No Faith in Particular!
- Biblical Elements of Trust Faith
- Cultural Designs for Trust Faith
- Faith in Health Systems
- Faith in Education Systems
- Trust Leap of Faith
- Chapter 3: Trust Hope
- Why Hope Seems in Danger of Being Lost
- Hope in the Bible
- It's All about Jesus
- The Hope Theory
- Trust Hope
- Chapter 4: Trust Love
- Failure to Love
- Failure to Love in the Church
- The "Trust Stack" in the Bible
- God's Love Leads to Trust in the Old Testament
- God's Love Leads to Trust in the New Testament
- Agape Love Makes You Do Crazy Things
- Disruptions in Trust through Love
- Examining Trust through Love
- Devaluation of Human Love
- Chapter 5: Designed to Forgive
- But It's Sooo Hard . . .
- Isn't It Ironic-Trust Falls Apart
- Old Testament: Circles of Trust
- Practice Makes Perfect
- Layers of Trust
- Curiosity about Trust
- High-Trust Culture Essential in the Church
