Reclaiming Power In Congregational And Community Ministry

Author : Fritz Ritsch
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666741674

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Reclaiming Power in Congregational and Community Ministry by Fritz Ritsch Pdf

Partisan religious interests have highjacked faith in America for political power, in the process dividing our nation and giving religion a bad name. Faith groups who want to build unity, in contrast, feel powerless to attain their goals. Congregations who can adapt to a more democratic approach to ministry, in which power is shared by both staff and congregants, can dramatically strengthen their congregations and serve their neighbors more effectively. Shared power strengthens individuals, congregations, and community efforts, enabling us to work with others, build community, and recognize and overcome negative power dynamics so that people can work together to build healthier congregations and communities. It also burnishes religion's tarnished image by demonstrating faithful, cooperative, and positive civic engagement for the community's good. This book also addresses the inevitable power dynamics in any congregation, allowing leaders to recognize unhealthy dynamics, foster healthy ones, and discover and cultivate the hidden power in each parishioner, so that individually they can live more fully into God's intention for them, and together the congregation can become the outpost of God's reign that it is meant to be.

Author : Fritz Ritsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1666741655

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Reclaiming Power in Congregational and Community Ministry by Fritz Ritsch Pdf

Partisan religious interests have highjacked faith in America for political power, in the process dividing our nation and giving religion a bad name. Faith groups who want to build unity, in contrast, feel powerless to attain their goals. Congregations who can adapt to a more democratic approach to ministry, in which power is shared by both staff and congregants, can dramatically strengthen their congregations and serve their neighbors more effectively. Shared power strengthens individuals, congregations, and community efforts, enabling us to work with others, build community, and recognize and overcome negative power dynamics so that people can work together to build healthier congregations and communities. It also burnishes religion’s tarnished image by demonstrating faithful, cooperative, and positive civic engagement for the community’s good. This book also addresses the inevitable power dynamics in any congregation, allowing leaders to recognize unhealthy dynamics, foster healthy ones, and discover and cultivate the hidden power in each parishioner, so that individually they can live more fully into God’s intention for them, and together the congregation can become the outpost of God’s reign that it is meant to be.

Author : Fritz Ritsch
Publisher : Wipf & Stock Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1666741663

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Reclaiming Power in Congregational and Community Ministry by Fritz Ritsch Pdf

Partisan religious interests have highjacked faith in America for political power, in the process dividing our nation and giving religion a bad name. Faith groups who want to build unity, in contrast, feel powerless to attain their goals. Congregations who can adapt to a more democratic approach to ministry, in which power is shared by both staff and congregants, can dramatically strengthen their congregations and serve their neighbors more effectively. Shared power strengthens individuals, congregations, and community efforts, enabling us to work with others, build community, and recognize and overcome negative power dynamics so that people can work together to build healthier congregations and communities. It also burnishes religion's tarnished image by demonstrating faithful, cooperative, and positive civic engagement for the community's good. This book also addresses the inevitable power dynamics in any congregation, allowing leaders to recognize unhealthy dynamics, foster healthy ones, and discover and cultivate the hidden power in each parishioner, so that individually they can live more fully into God's intention for them, and together the congregation can become the outpost of God's reign that it is meant to be.

Author : Bishop Claude Payne,Hamilton Beazley
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0787952680

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Reclaiming the Great Commission by Bishop Claude Payne,Hamilton Beazley Pdf

Reclaiming the Great Commission describes a biblically based model that can restore the missionary power of first-century Christianity to twenty-first century denominations and their congregations. Based on shared vision and mission, the model can guide the members of any congregation or denomination into deeper and broader evangelism, an enhanced experience of community, and a renewed hope of personal and spiritual transformation.

Author : Angela H. Reed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567070456

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Quest for Spiritual Community by Angela H. Reed Pdf

Many churches recognize the importance of the genuine spiritual hunger in our time and are attempting to bridge the gulf between traditional religious institutions and the contemporary spiritual quest by revitalizing and retooling ancient spiritual practices. This book suggests that it is possible to relish the spiritual quest while honoring tradition and theological inquiry through practices such as spiritual guidance. It presents a sociological analysis of contemporary spirituality, case studies of congregations with spiritual guidance ministries, and reflection on historical practices and Protestant theological roots to explore the strengths and pitfalls of nurturing the contemporary spiritual quest in the average congregation. The resulting vision for congregation-based spiritual guidance incorporates practices that attend to person, community, and mission.

Author : Marvin Jones
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532650345

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Recovering Historical Christology for Today's Church by Marvin Jones Pdf

This book explains the basic tenets of Christology that a college student would encounter in a basic Christology class. The book is written in three different sections. The first section focuses upon primary Christological passages, which include a limited survey of Christology in the New Testament. The second section reviews the Christological Councils, limited to the first four ecumenical councils (i.e., Nicea, Constantinople, Ephesus, and Chalcedon). The third section deals with the application of Christology, correlating the biblical witness with the councils, preaching Christology to a contemporary church, and summarizing the Christological content for the contemporary church. The book is a textbook for an introductory Christology class. As such, it will meet the needs of professors who are trying to find an introductory work that surveys the many aspects of teaching Christology. It will also be a valuable tool for pastors as an easy-to-read reference for sermon building and Sunday school lessons, and youth directors as an accessible tool to teach basic foundational Christological truths to their youth group.

Author : George G. Hunter
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426702112

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The Apostolic Congregation by George G. Hunter Pdf

Explores new ideas for moving a congregation from maintenance to mission mode

Author : Bill Henard
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462790722

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ReClaimed Church by Bill Henard Pdf

It's no secret: churches are dying. Tragically, thousands of churches in the United States are shrinking, some closing their doors forever. The key to reversing these trends, argues Bill Henard, is for a local church to recognize where it is in the church life cycle. Unless churches intentionally do something about it, many of them will follow the same pattern: from birth, to plateau, and eventually, to death. But if a church learns to identify its place within the life cycle and embraces the necessary processes, it can return to growth. In a day when church membership has decreased, evangelistic zeal has cooled, and budgets are disappearing, ReClaimed Church is the tool that struggling churches need. Having previously written and taught seminary courses on church revitalization, Bill Henard uses his expertise to provide all the practical insights and instructions needed to reclaim your church.

Author : Edward H Hammett
Publisher : Christian Board of Publication
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827232303

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Recovering Hope for Your Church by Edward H Hammett Pdf

"Why?" seems to be on the lips of many church, judicatory, and denominational leaders today. "Why has our church plateaued?" "Why are so few young leaders going into church-based ministries?" "Why are so few interested in church these days?" Recovering Hope uncovers the "whys," creating space to embrace new realities, commit to the tough road of recovery, and develop new skills, structures, and ministry designs through a process of spiritual discernment, congregational coaching, and a deeper reliance on the work and ministry of the Holy Spirit. Eddie Hammett, a Professional Certified Coach and Church and Clergy Coach for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina, provides a step-by-step process of hope and health to encourage, guide, and inspire pastors, leaders, churches, regions, and denominations that recovery of hope is possible. A TCP Leadership Series title.

Author : Eleazar S. Fernandez
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621894032

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Burning Center, Porous Borders by Eleazar S. Fernandez Pdf

Burning Center, Porous Borders articulates what the church is and is called to be about in the world, a world now globalized to the point that the local is lived globally and the global is lived locally. The church must respond creatively and prophetically to the challenges-economic disparity, war and terrorism, diaspora, ecological threat, health crisis, religious diversity, and so on-posed by our highly globalized world. It can do so only if the church's spiritual center burns mightily. Conversely, it can burn mightily in the spirit of Christ only if its borders are porous and allows the fresh air/spirit of change to blow in and out. While there is much rhetoric about change, the most common response to change is to continue doing business as usual. This is particularly the case in the face of perceived global threats. In spite of the hoopla and euphoria of the global village, walls of division and exclusion are rising, hearts are constricting, and moral imagination shrinking. In response to this context, Burning Center, Porous Borders proposes alternative ways or images of being a church: burning center and porous borders, wall-buster and bridge-builder, translocal (glocal), mending-healer, radical hospitality, community of the earth-spirit, household of life abundant, dialogians of life, and community of hope. In Burning Center, Porous Borders congregational vitality and progressive praxis kiss and embrace!

Author : Claude Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Church renewal
ISBN : 0880284625

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Reclaiming Christianity by Claude Payne Pdf

In a world hungry for the hope of Jesus, Episcopal Bishop Claude E. Payne offers a roadmap for individuals and churches to seek and establish rich spiritual lives and to connect deeply with God and our neighbors. Too often, spirituality is privatized and kept under wraps, not to be talked about in public circles. But Payne encourages us to reclaim our faith in the public square, in our communities, and with our family and friends. After nearly five decades in ordained ministry, Payne writes that he has never been more optimistic about the future of Christianity. Across the country, Payne has witnessed people and congregations full of energy and compassion, committed to a life-giving, dynamic faith. In Reclaiming Christianity, Payne presents a practical and comprehensive model for sharing this faith with our neighbors and communities and encouraging all to seek a deeper connection with each other and with the Divine.

Author : Oliver R. Phillips
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996-09
Category : African American clergy
ISBN : 1575022818

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The God of a Second Chance by Oliver R. Phillips Pdf

Author : Rusty Kuhn
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490814797

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Reclaiming the Land by Rusty Kuhn Pdf

It doesn't take the most spiritually discerning person among us to see that we stand in desperate need of revival within our land. We see churches in drastic decline, leading to moral decay and opening wide the door for the devourer to enter in and destroy our families and community. The sole purpose of this book is to see the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ rise to its full potential, call by seeking the face of God, and see this land reclaimed in the name and for the glory of Jesus Christ. In Reclaiming the Land, Pastor Rusty Kuhn has clearly outlined God's formula for revival that God has given in II Chronicles 7:14. Reclaiming the Land unfolds the biblical principle that if you plan and promote your agenda, bestowing glory and honor upon yourself rather than Jesus, the hand of God's blessings will not fall. However, as demonstrated in this book through the principles of God's Word, if we choose to pursue God's way for His glory, His promise will be kept: "Then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land." In Reclaiming the Land you will discover the prayer that God heard; the signs of the need of revival; the knowledge that we are saved with a holy calling; the need of humility for His honor; the power of prayer; the blessings of seeking His face; the need of honoring his presence; and the end result of doing things God's way.

Author : John Adam Kern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Preaching
ISBN : UGA:32108004338987

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The Ministry to the Congregation by John Adam Kern Pdf

Author : Scott W. Alexander
Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Bisexuals
ISBN : 1558961909

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The Welcoming Congregation by Scott W. Alexander Pdf

"This manual, prepared by the UUA's Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns, is designed to help interested congregations become more welcoming places for the gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in their midst and in the wider community"--P. 1.