Governance A Challenge To Small Churches

Author : Rakar Williams
Publisher : DayeLight Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781949343229
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governance a Challenge to Small Churches written by Rakar Williams and published by DayeLight Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many church leaders struggle with the administrative arm of their church. GOVERNANCE: A CHALLENGE TO SMALL CHURCHES is a practical guide to assist those leaders. The foundation of the content is the findings from ten small Jamaican churches and supported by the work of various authors, personal insights and the experiences of the author. GOVERNANCE: A CHALLENGE TO SMALL CHURCHES provides information on critical areas of leadership, administration, and governance that small churches need to pay attention to. In this engaging book, the author share insights of his experiences in ministry and those gathered from other church leaders. This book is an excellent resource for persons aspiring to lead the church, so they can have a foundation on what is expected. The author also incorporates experiences from his professional career as a Senior Financial Manager.

Author : Martyn Norrie
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0473478552
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good Governance is Worth the Effort: A Handbook for Christian Charities and Churches in Aotearoa written by Martyn Norrie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charities operate in an increasingly complex environment. Their charitable status does not excuse them from governing their organisation in a manner that complies with the myriad of laws and regulations that apply to their day-to-day operation. This book is written to help leaders and board members of Christian charities as they seek to outwork their calling in New Zealand. It aims to help you to encourage the team that God has placed you in, and to outwork His purposes in and through your organisation.

Author : Tony Morgan
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 0718094476
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unstuck Church written by Tony Morgan and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed church leader, blogger, founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan unpacks the lifecycle of a typical church, identifies characteristics of each phase, and provides practical next steps a church can take to move towards sustained health. Think about your church for a moment. Is it growing? Is it diminishing? Is it somewhere in between? Acclaimed church leader, blogger, and founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan has identified the seven stages of a church's lifecycle that range from the hopeful and optimistic days of launch, to the stagnating last stages of life support. Regardless of the stage in which you find your church, it carries with it the world's greatest mission—to "go and make disciples of all the nations . . ." With eternity at stake the Church should be doing most everything within its power to see lives changed forever. The Church should strive for the pinnacle of the lifecycle, where they are continually making new disciples and experiencing what Morgan refers to as "sustained health." In The Unstuck Church, Morgan unpacks each phase of the church lifecycle, and offers specific and strategic next steps the church leader can take to find it's way to sustained health . . . and finally become unstuck. The Unstuck Church is a call for honest an assessment of where your church sits on the lifecycle, and a challenge to move beyond it.

Author : Dr. Jason Byassee
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426727321
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gifts of the Small Church written by Dr. Jason Byassee and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dizzying changes have taken place in American religious life in the last half century. Yet in spite of that fact, taking a snapshot of a “typical” Christian church in America would reveal a surprising number of small-to-mid-sized congregations, rooted in a local neighborhood or community, tied to a specific denomination, where most of the members know each others’ names, and hence are blessed (and cursed) with being the church together. In this clear-eyed, humorous appraisal, Jason Byassee contends that the “church around the corner” occupies a particular place in the divine economy, that it is especially capable of forming us in the virtues, perspectives, and habits that make up the Christian life. Not that he romanticizes these churches, however. Having been a rural, small membership church pastor, Byassee knows too well the particular vices and temptations to which they are subject. But he also knows the particular graces they’ve been given, graces like the “prayer ladies,” those pillars of the congregation who, “when one told you she was praying for you it meant something. When one hugged you, you remembered all week. When one cooked for you the casserole tasted like love. And when you were around them you were in the presence of Jesus.” Anyone who serves, or belongs to, a “church around the corner” will find their ministry strengthened by this enlivening, inspiring book.

Author : Dan Hotchkiss
Publisher : Alban Institute
ISBN 13 : 1566993709
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governance and Ministry written by Dan Hotchkiss and published by Alban Institute. This book was released on 2009 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Governance and Ministry, Alban Institute senior consultant Dan Hotchkiss offers congregational leaders a roadmap and tools for changing the way boards and clergy work together to lead congregations. Hotchkiss demonstrates that the right governance model is the one that best enables a congregation to fulfill its mission--to achieve both the outward results and the inward quality of life to which it is called. Resources on governance for the nonprofit sector have burgeoned over the past decade, and this book translates some of what is most helpful from that world for clergy and lay leaders. it also recognizes that in some ways congregations are unique and need governance structures and processes different from those that work in other organizations. Leaders must continually balance the conserving function of an institution with the expectation of disruptive, change-inducting creativity that comes when individuals peek past the temple veil and catch fresh visions of the Holy. Governance in congregations is not the science of achieving optimal results through organizational re-engineering. Governance is an expressive art, like preaching. The forms of our congregations must reflect the values and perceptions of the sacred at their heart. Congregations need skills and methods for negotiating "our way" of governance and for passing the torch effectively to new leaders.

Author : Johnny M. Wilson Jr.
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490738916
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book PARADIGM SHIFT written by Johnny M. Wilson Jr. and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Paradigm Shift, this book describes the challenges on intercultural relationships and with family related small to conservative African American Churches in the culture life of New England. in general. An examination of the complexes of change and addressing the need for more intercultural and communication within many churches. The term paradigm refers to a philosophical and theoretical framework for example, ideal or pattern. Many of these congregations have long standing in their communities; helping the poor, feeding the hungry, and spreading the good news of the gospel.

Author : John Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476638853
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology, Management and the Evangelical Church written by John Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the technological innovations and management practices of evangelical Christian religions. Beginning from the late 19th century, the author examines the evangelical church's increasing appropriation of business practices from the secular world as solutions to organizational problems. He notes especially the importance of the church growth movement and the formation of church networks. Particular attention is paid to the history of evangelical uses of computer technology, including connections the Christian Right has made within Silicon Valley. Most significantly, this book offers one of the first academic explorations of the use of cybernetics, systems theory and complexity theory by evangelical leaders and management theorists.

Author : Edward H. Koster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781452886602
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of the Church written by Edward H. Koster and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winds of change are buffeting the mainline Christian denominations, resulting in declines in members, attendance and financial support. Modernism, relativism and materialism collide with piety and debate over church orthodoxy. The author, an ordained Presbyterian minister and attorney trained in organizational change, examines four significant forces within the polity of the Church-distrust, polarization, politicking and an ineffective discernment process. In The Challenge of the Presbyterian Church, the author identifies two different theories of change and applies them to analyze factors that inhibit transformation. He goes on to propose a series of second-order/adaptive changes to enable the Church to struggle, learn and resolve seemingly intractable conflicts. He draws on works of current thinkers about change, adeptly applying them to the complex Church organization. While this book uses examples from the Presbyterian Church (USA), the principles of analysis and change are applicable and useful for any church or group confronted with the need to make deep changes in this difficult time. This work was originally published as "The Challenge of the Presbyterian Church: Opening Governance to the Movement of the Holy Spirit." Feedback from readers suggests that the principles of change the author writes about are applicable to churches of all kinds, and the examples from his experience in the Presbyterian Church (USA) can be broadly applied by analogy. The author has previously written extensively about specific issues within his denomination and has traveled across America talking to leaders of various sub groups in the church. He is the Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Detroit and is nationally known in the Presbyterian Church (USA). A dialogue on this book and related matters has been created at http://thechallengeofthepresbyterianchurch.blogspot.com/. The author can be reached at [email protected].

Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310543525
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Runs the Church? written by Zondervan, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. While many Christians can explain their church's form of rule or defend it because of its "tried and true" traditions, few people understand their church's administrative customs from a biblical perspective. Who Runs the Church? explores questions such as: What model for governing the church does the Bible provide, and is such a model given for practical or spiritual reasons? Is there room for different methods within Christianity? Or is there a right way of "doing church"? And, finally, how (and by whom) should the church be governed? Four predominant approaches to church government are presented by respected proponents: Episcopalianism - represented by Peter Toon Presbyterianism - represented by L. Roy Taylor Single-Elder Congregationalism - represented by Paige Patterson Plural-Elder Congregationalism - represented by Samuel E. Waldron As in other Counterpoints books, each view is followed by critiques from the other contributors, and its advocate then responds.

Author : Jessica C. Teets
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317751671
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Local Governance Innovation in China written by Jessica C. Teets and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a centralized formal structure, Chinese politics and policy-making have long been marked by substantial degrees of regional and local variation and experimentation. These trends have, if anything, intensified as China’s reform matures. Though often remarked upon, the politicsof policy formation, diffusion, and implementation at the subnational level have not previously been comprehensively described, let alone satisfactorily explained. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores how policies diffuse across China today, the mechanisms through which local governments actually arrive at specific solutions, and the implications for China’s political development and stability in the years ahead. The chapters examine how local-level institutions solve governance challenges, such as rural development, enterprise reform, and social service provision. Focusing on diverse policy areas that include land use, state-owned enterprise reform, and house churches, the contributors all address the same overarching question: how do local policymakers innovate in each issue area to address a governance challenges and how, if at all, do these innovations diffuse into national politics. As a study of local governance in China today, this book will appeal to both students and scholars of Chinese politics, comparative politics, governance and development studies, and also to policy-makers interested in authoritarianism and governance.