Personality Type In Congregations

Author : Roy M. Oswald,Otto Kroeger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1988-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566996006

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Personality Type and Religious Leadership by Roy M. Oswald,Otto Kroeger Pdf

Combining pastoral and behavioral science expertise, the authors spell out ways type and temperament theory illuminate the clergy role. Learn how to use the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types to recognize and affirm your gifts, work with your liabilities, and understand and accept those with whom you minister. "Being a parish pastor is a very complex role. Our mission in this book is to make that task a little less complex and a little more fun by looking at our congregations through the lens of the MBTI." -- The authors

Author : Lynne M. Baab
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566996013

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Personality Type in Congregations by Lynne M. Baab Pdf

Pastor & author, Lynne Baab "offers readers a useful tool to understand both their own spiritual journeys and their role in the life of their chosen spiritual community". The book "...provides a basic understanding of the concepts of psychological type and then builds upon them with applications to real-life issues...".

Author : Lynne M. Baab
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566994705

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Beating Burnout in Congregations by Lynne M. Baab Pdf

"I can only shake my head in the face of the irony that all too often the very place where we look for life and health, the very place where we expect to nurture and deepen a loving relationship with God, can cause so many to experience the exact opposite." So remarks author Lynne Baab in this timely and discerning examination of burnout in congregations. What is burnout? What causes congregation volunteers to burn out? Why is unpaid service sometimes life giving and other times just another frantic commitment? How can congregations become oases of peace and nurture while still carrying out their mission and ministry? How can we recognize holy moments in the presence of God if we are moving so fast that life passes by us in a blur? How can leaders make congregations healthy places to serve? After reflecting on these important questions and dozens of interviews with congregation volunteers, Baab suggests, "We must not fear burnout; instead, we need to do a better job coming alongside people as they experience burnout, and help them figure out what they are learning."

Author : Michael Beck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1953495648

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The Five Congregational Personality Types by Michael Beck Pdf

Which of the 5 congregational personality types is your congregation? The answer will change everything about how you lead, grow, and empower your church to thrive in the 21st century.

Author : Christopher Alan Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351113571

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Psychological Type, Religion, and Culture by Christopher Alan Lewis Pdf

Comprising a selection of contemporary state of the art research that focuses on psychological type, religion, and culture, this book can be divided into two particular areas of research. The first section focuses on the religion and psychological type of Church leaders, while the second section reports on Church members, their religion, and their psychological type. The book attests to the importance of Jungian Psychological Type theory in understanding individual differences in religiosity within a variety of samples. Authored by a wide range of international scholars, employing a wide range of measures, among diverse samples and in a variety of different cultures, this research provides an important contribution to current and future research. It facilitates future research work in the area outside of the white, Anglo-Saxon, Anglophone, Christian context on which it has traditionally been focused. This book was originally published as a double special issue of the Mental Health, Religion & Culture journal.

Author : Ross Clifford,Philip Johnson
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441236425

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The Cross Is Not Enough by Ross Clifford,Philip Johnson Pdf

If Christ had not risen from the dead, if God's plan for redemption had ended at the cross, what would our faith look like? Have we become so fixated on the cross that we have lost an understanding of the centrality of the resurrection? And if we ignore the resurrection, what effect does that have on our worldview, our evangelism, and our Christian practice? In The Cross Is Not Enough, Ross Clifford and Philip Johnson explore how the resurrection of Christ has been understood in times past and restore this linchpin doctrine to its rightful place as the basis of our hope, our worldview, and the way we live our lives. They compare Christianity's unique understanding of resurrection to other world religions and explore why the resurrection connects so readily with the human psyche. Pastors, teachers, students, and anyone involved in ministry will benefit from this insightful and engaging treatment of Christianity's most important doctrine.

Author : Leslie J. Francis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826422408

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Personality Type & Scripture: Mark by Leslie J. Francis Pdf

In this fascinating and original book, Leslie J. Francis applies personality type theory to the way we study the bible. Why, when two people are asked what they find important in a biblical text, are they likely to come up with different answers? Why, when a sermon speaks strongly to someone, do others find it incomprehensible? In recent years, both inside and outside the Christian community, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has been extensively used as an aid to spiritual growth, self-knowledge and community building. Type theory has become an invaluable resource in the spheres of education, management and pastoral care. Here, Lesie J. Frances suggests that in learning to understand our own preferred pattern of spirituality we do not only deepen our understanding of the gospels but also increase our sensitivity to the approaches of others. Personality Type and Scripture brings together the texts from St Mark's gospel which are included in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary, and uses the insights of MBTI theory to explore the range of possible responses to them. Accessible enough for use in personal Bible reading, its disciplined and professional approach makes it an invaluable companion for Bible study leaders and preachers.

Author : David Day
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351961967

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A Reader on Preaching by David Day Pdf

Every Sunday all over the world people rise up and claim to speak in the name of God. It is an astonishing thing to do and an astonishing claim to make. It is small wonder that the sermon has been the focus of debate, discussion and investigation. It has been dismissed as irrelevant in today's culture and has become the butt of numerous jokes and caricatures. Yet the claim persists that these human words in some way can become God's message to these hearers. This collection of twenty-nine articles by international experts in the area of homiletics coincides with the revival of interest in preaching over the last twenty-five years. It is practical without being merely tips for preachers; and it offers the necessary theoretical discussion for anyone who wants to take the art of preaching seriously. No important issue has been omitted and, taken as a whole, the book constitutes a first class introduction to the principles, processes, context and theology of preaching. Contributors include: Walter Brueggemann, David Buttrick, Fred Craddock, Edward Farley, John Killinger, Richard Lischer, Thomas Long, Elaine Lawless, Jolyon Mitchell, Cheryl Sanders and Thomas Troeger.

Author : Ralph L. Piedmont,Andrew Village
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004207271

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Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion by Ralph L. Piedmont,Andrew Village Pdf

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion publishes empirical and theoretical studies of religion from a wide range of disciplines and from all parts of the globe. A special section is devoted to the issue of psychological type and religion and especially how psychological type can increase our understanding of Christian ministry. Alongside this section are papers presenting studies on subjects such as civic participation, suffering with God, and spirituality. Together these papers represent important contributions that advance theory and evidence in a number of different fields of contemporary relevance to the study of religion.

Author : Dan R. Dick,Barbara A. Dick
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610972406

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Equipped for Every Good Work by Dan R. Dick,Barbara A. Dick Pdf

All scripture is inspired by God . . . so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Equipped for Every Good Work is a four-tool process that can help you discover and develop the spiritual gifts, spirituality types, interaction styles, and working preferences of each person in your congregation. Begun in 1988, the Profile of Congregational Leadership has been used in approximately two hundred different churches of seven denominations in settings of all shapes, sizes, locations, and racial-ethnic backgrounds. Equipped for Every Good Work is not intended as a tool to help congregations assign members to jobs on committees, boards, councils, or task forces. Instead, it is a process of discovery and discussion of the gifts, graces, and abilities of the leadership core of a local congregation. It shifts the attention off of what we do and on to who we are as called, gifted, and empowered people of God. Through self-exploration and discovery, each person can gain new insights about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, and the entire congregation can grow as a faith-forming spiritual community. Leaders--A special website (equippedforeverygoodwork.wordpress.com) provides access to all the handouts, presentation materials, reference materials, and interpretive aids.

Author : Leslie J. Francis,David W. Lankshear
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030761073

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The Science of Congregation Studies by Leslie J. Francis,David W. Lankshear Pdf

During the past two decades, the Science of Congregation Studies has blossomed significantly in the UK, as well as within the USA and Australia. In this illuminating and thought-provoking volume, Leslie J. Francis’ research group draws on the Signs of Growth Survey conducted throughout the Anglican Diocese of Southwark to illustrate how the strength of combined qualitative and quantitative research methods can draw on the insights of psychological theory, sociological theory, and empirical theology to illuminate pressing questions of relevance to the sociology of religion, psychology of religion, practical theology and pastoral studies. Individual chapters discuss the missing generation of young people, the greying generation aged seventy and over, how occasional churchgoers express belonging and commitment, connections between psychological type and religious motivation, and the distinctive characteristics of growing congregations.

Author : Corinne Ware
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566995092

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Discover Your Spiritual Type by Corinne Ware Pdf

From Urban T. Holmes's spiritual typology and her own experience as a spiritual director and pastoral counselor, Ware provides a framework for people to name and understand their spiritual experience-in much the same way the Myers-Briggs typology provides a framework for understanding personality types. Readers explore four spiritual types--head, heart, mystic, and Kingdom--and exercises allow individuals and groups to assess their type. Additional information for clergy to use this tool with congregations is included, which will help them gain greater understanding of how members learn about, worship, and celebrate God--and why there may be tension about such issues as the form or content of the worship service.

Author : Craig DuBois
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781600340871

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The No-Nonsense Church by Craig DuBois Pdf

Author : Larry E. Houck
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490864204

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Spiritual Formation by Larry E. Houck Pdf

How do we form a strong spiritual life when even wholesome activities can drain spiritual energy? How and when should we extend Christ-honoring compassion to others? Using the cross as a visual, Spiritual Formation guides us through four sections of developing an ever-increasing vertical passion for God and never-failing horizontal compassion for others. The familiar disciplines and exercises of Spiritual Formation would seem to produce cloned Christians, but Dr. Houck explains how personalities, strengths, and weaknesses determine how we live out these disciplines. No matter how much passion for God and passion for others we develop, we never cease movement through Spiritual Formation sections. Joy found in the journey will lead us back to section one to embrace those who have not yet started the journey or have faltered on the way. Spiritual Formation: The Joy of the Journey calls each of us to follow Gods unique personal path to passion for God and compassion for others.

Author : Philip D. Kenneson,Jim Street
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592442966

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Selling Out the Church by Philip D. Kenneson,Jim Street Pdf

Marketing the church is hot. For many church leaders, marketing might even be the first article of their creed, which goes something like this: We believe that our church determines its identity and mission through the tactics of marketing strategies. Theologians Kenneson and Street offer a thoughtful and provocative protest, with a foreword from Stanley Hauerwas. The authors expose the theological presuppositions that inform the marketing project. . . and help us to see that the marketer's presumption that form can be separated from content of the gospel betrays an understanding of the gospel that cannot help betraying the gift that is Christ. The authors propose an alternative, constructive account of the church's mission and purpose that is not based on exchange of value but on reminding us that the gospel is always a gift - a gift that makes impossible any presumptions that there can be an exchange between human beings and God that is rooted in the satisfaction of our untrained needs. The cross and resurrection challenge the world's understanding of what our needs should be.