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The Hidden Lives of Congregations
Discerning Church Dynamics
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2004
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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
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Copyright year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-1-56699-307-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-56699-656-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
230
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Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 1: The Ideal and the Reality No access
Chapter 2: The Congregation as Church No access
Chapter 3: The Mandate, Mission, and Models of Congregations No access
Chapter 4: The Hidden Life of Congregational Lifespan No access
Chapter 5: The Hidden Life of How Size Shapes Congregational Relationships No access
Chapter 6: The Hidden Life of Spirituality Styles of Congregations No access
Chapter 7: The Hidden Life of Congregational Identity No access
Chapter 8: The Functions of Congregational Leadership No access
Chapter 9: Leading from the Self No access
Chapter 10: The Focus of Congregational Leaders No access
Appendix A: Hidden Life Church Profile Summary No access Pages 205 - 206
Appendix B: The Hidden Life of Congregational Identity No access Pages 207 - 208
Appendix C: The Hidden Life of Congregational Theology No access Pages 209 - 210
Appendix D: The Hidden Life of Congregational Vision No access Pages 211 - 212
Appendix E: The Hidden Life of Congregational Leadership No access Pages 213 - 214
