Size Transitions in Congregations
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2001
172 pages
978-1-56699-631-0 (ISBN)
Description
Congregations that seek growth are often frustrated at hitting a plateau-caught in a transition zone between sizes. The Alban Institute has long been recognized as a leader in size transition research and learning, and this anthology offers an in-depth collection of resources, through new articles developed for the book as well as previously published and highly regarded pieces that inform and provoke.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
File size
2,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-56699-631-0 (9781566996310)
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Beth Ann Gaede
Size Transitions in Congregations
Book
12/2001
Alban Institute, Inc
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Person
Beth Ann Gaede has been an editor with the Alban Institute since 1995. A pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, she works as a freelance editor and writer for a variety of church-related publishers.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- PART ONE: How Big Are We?
- CHAPTER 1: Current Thinking on Size Transitions
- CHAPTER 2: How to Minister Effectively in Family, Pastoral, Program, and Corporate Sized Churches
- CHAPTER 3: What Happens Between Sizes?
- CHAPTER 4: Sizing Up a Congregation
- CHAPTER 5: Leader Relationships
- CHAPTER 6: Beginnings of a Theory of Synagogue Size
- PART TWO: The Ups and Downs of Congregational Size
- CHAPTER 7: Growing Pains
- CHAPTER 8: Raising the Roof
- CHAPTER 9: One Size Doesn't Fit All
- CHAPTER 10: Marks of Growing Churches
- CHAPTER 11: Dreaming of Cathedrals, Building Skyscrapers
- CHAPTER 12: Finding Our Mission
- CHAPTER 13: Congregations in Decline
- CHAPTER 14: When Membership Declines
- CHAPTER 15: The Death and Dying of a Congregation
- CONTRIBUTORS
