The Hidden Lives of Congregations

The Hidden Lives of Congregations
Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 241
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781566996563
ISBN-13 : 1566996562
Rating : 4/5 (562 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Hidden Lives of Congregations by : Israel Galindo

Download or read book The Hidden Lives of Congregations written by Israel Galindo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with crisis, lack of direction, or just plain "stuckness," many congregations and their leaders are content to deal only with surface issues and symptoms—only to discover that the same problems keep recurring, often in different, and more serious, ways. In The Hidden Lives of Congregations, Christian educator and consultant Israel Galindo takes leaders below the surface of congregational life to provide a comprehensive, holistic look at the corporate nature of church relationships and the invisible dynamics at play. Informed by family systems theory and grounded in a wide-ranging ecclesiological understanding, Galindo unpacks clearly the factors of congregational lifespan, size, spirituality, and identity and shows how these work together to form the congregation’s hidden life. He provides useful tools for diagnosing and understanding how one’s congregation fits into the various categories he names and suggests what leadership skills are necessary to get beyond the impasse of surface issues and help the congregation achieve its mission. The Hidden Lives of Congregations provides one of the most far-reaching looks into the invisible nature of faith communities written in recent years. For seminaries and divinity schools, it provides a standard text for getting a solid start in congregational practices; for experienced pastors, it provides support for renewing ministry; for lay leaders and committees, it offers insight to deepening mutual ministry. Israel Galindo has written an indispensable manual that leaders will return to repeatedly for new wisdom and guidance


The Hidden Lives of Congregations Related Books

The Hidden Congregation
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: William T. Delamar
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-18 - Publisher: Open Road Media

GET EBOOK

It’s said the truth shall set you free—but what a new minister discovers in this sparsely attended sanctuary may haunt him for eternity . . . When Rev. Oxfo
The Hidden Lives of Congregations
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Israel Galindo
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-30 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

GET EBOOK

Faced with crisis, lack of direction, or just plain "stuckness," many congregations and their leaders are content to deal only with surface issues and symptoms�
Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor
Language: en
Pages: 169
Authors: Allen Rhea Hunt
Categories: Catholic converts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-30 - Publisher: Beacon Publishing (OH)

GET EBOOK

Tens of thousands of American adults join the Catholic Church every year. Why? What is it that attracts them to Catholicism? In Confessions of a Mega-Church Pas
The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal
Language: en
Pages: 810
Authors: Arthur Edward Waite
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1909 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Untapped Church: Discovering the Potential Hidden in Your Congregation
Language: en
Pages: 172
Authors: Derek Sanford
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-04 - Publisher: AuthorLoyalty

GET EBOOK

The greatest untapped resource in today's church is high capacity volunteer leaders. Many people in many churches are largely untapped which means available but