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Transforming Church Boards into Communities

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 1995

Summary

Discover inspiring, practical ways your board can make its meetings become opportunities for deepening faith, developing leadership, and church renewal. Research included interviews with lay leaders; clergy; and seminary, judicatory, and denominational staff from mainline Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, and Evangelical Christian faith traditions.

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Copyright year
1995
ISBN-Print
978-1-56699-148-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-56699-681-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
190
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Table of contents

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    1. CONTENTS No access
    2. How to Read and Use this Book No access
    3. With Appreciation No access
    4. INTRODUCTION No access
    1. CHAPTER 1: Simple Elegance: The Spirit of a Board as "Worshipful Work" No access
    2. CHAPTER 2: Creeping Cultures:The Spirits of the Agenda of Board Meetings No access
    1. CHAPTER 3: Coming from Somewhere: The Practice of History Giving and Story Telling No access
    2. CHAPTER 4: Distilling Wisdom: The Practice of Biblical and Theological Reflection No access
    3. CHAPTER 5: Seeing with Spiritual Eyes: The Practice of Prayerful Discernment No access
    4. CHAPTER 6: Going Somewhere: The Practice of "Visioning" the Future No access
    1. CHAPTER 7: Fathoming the River: To Those Considering a Call to Service No access
    2. CHAPTER 8: Preparing to Embark: To Elected Board Members Preparing for Service No access
    3. CHAPTER 9: Entering the Stream: To New Board Members Being Assimilated into a Board No access
    4. CHAPTER 10: Rowing the Boat: To Active, Established Board Members No access
    5. CHAPTER 11: Nearing the Shore: To Board Members Preparing to Exit a Board No access
  1. APPENDIX 1: Sample Meeting Agenda First Presbyterian Church, Brandon, Florida No access Pages 181 - 181
  2. APPENDIX 2: Board Culture Indicators No access Pages 182 - 185
  3. APPENDIX 3: Identifying Natural Leadership-Set Apart Lay Leaders Project No access Pages 186 - 186
  4. NOTES No access Pages 187 - 189
  5. BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 190 - 190

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