Understanding Your Congregation As A System

Author : George D. Parsons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566996872
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Your Congregation as a System written by George D. Parsons and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parsons and Leas have created an important tool for congregational leaders in this application of systems theory to evaluating a congregation’s life and readiness for change. Church leaders can explore the forces at work and examine the systemic implications in seven key areas: strategy, process, pastoral and lay leadership, authority, relatedness, and learning. The Manual provides an overview of systems theory, complete instructions for administering and scoring the Congregational Systems Inventory (CSI), and guidance for interpreting and explaining the inventory results using sample scores. The Congregational Systems Inventory is a survey designed to sample the perspectives of church staff, governing board, and key lay leaders. Be sure to order some packs of the CSI along with this valuable resource.

Author : George Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Your Congregation as a System written by George Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter L. Steinke
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566995515
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Your Church Family Works written by Peter L. Steinke and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-11-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the work of Bowen and Friedman, and on his own many years of counseling experience, Peter Steinke shows how to recognize and deal with the emotional roots of such issues as church conflict, leadership roles, congregational change, irresponsible behavior, and the effects of family of origin on current relationships.

Author : Peter L. Steinke
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538149141
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Your 21st-Century Church Family Works written by Peter L. Steinke and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-27 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of How Your Church Family Works was written nearly thirty years ago, and the reach and velocity of change in the last three decades poses a new challenge for churches. Thirty years ago, churches functioned in a fairly stable environment and focused on growth an expansion. The tide has turned now, though, and supplanted increase with decline. Bowen family systems theory—on which How Your Church Family Works is based—has not changed, but its application has to be revised for the twenty-first century. How Your 21st-Century Church Family Works, the second edition of Peter Steinke’s landmark book, addresses the radically altered landscape of church sustainability with new introductory and concluding chapters bookending updates throughout the now-classic text. Core chapters of the book feature fresh examples of emotional process that are more exemplary of the current scene. One key addition is a new trigger of anxiety for churches—the change process. Change threatens the familiar and stable and suffers from negative connotations of endangering tradition. Where gradual change has been the norm for so long, churches now see a blistering pace of disruptions, some of which have forced change too early or too late, or sometimes in unproductive directions. How Your 21st-Century Church family works embraces the anxiety caused by change, transforming it from a source of anguish to a font of opportunity.

Author : R. Robert Creech
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493416952
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Systems and Congregational Life written by R. Robert Creech and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experienced pastor and seminary teacher R. Robert Creech helps pastoral leaders increase their effectiveness by applying family systems theory to congregational life and ministry. Creech introduces readers to the basic concepts of Bowen Family Systems Theory, applies family theory to the work of ministry in church settings, and connects systems thinking to the everyday aspects of congregational ministry, such as preaching, pastoral care, leadership, spiritual formation, and interpreting biblical texts. Each chapter contains discussion questions, and there are five helpful appendixes with supplemental information about Bowen theory.

Author : Ronald W. Richardson
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451417777
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating a Healthier Church written by Ronald W. Richardson and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the Bowen Family Systems Theory and its applications both to church life and to the role of leadership in creating a healthier church, this book explains the complexities of congregational emotional life in understandable language.

Author : Edwin Friedman
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1609182367
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generation to Generation written by Edwin Friedman and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acclaimed, influential work now available in paper for the first time, this bestselling book applies the concepts of systemic family therapy to the emotional life of congregations. Edwin H. Friedman shows how the same understanding of family process that can aid clergy in their pastoral role also has important ramifications for negotiating congregational dynamics and functioning as an effective leader. Clergy from diverse denominations, as well as family therapists and counselors, have found that this book directly addresses the dilemmas and crises they encounter daily. It is widely used as a text in courses on pastoral care, leadership, and family systems.

Author : George Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Your Congregation as a System: The manual written by George Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Paul Shoesmith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congregational Systems written by Robert Paul Shoesmith and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433688905
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Congregation's Authority written by Jonathan Leeman and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congregational authority is less about the meetings and more about the mission. Congregationalism has a bad rap for well-known reasons: inefficient meetings, upstart members, browbeaten ministers. But biblical congregationalism isn’t so much about the meetings. It’s about empowering the whole church to promote and protect the gospel. Pastors lead and equip. Members get to work strengthening one another and pursuing Christ’s mission in the world.