In a time when the old answers about being church no longer work and new answers are not yet clear, this book offers a way forward to help congregations live more faithfully. It suggests three guiding images that help congregations both understand their current reality and deepen their engagement in the ministry to which God has called them.
In a time when the old answers about being church no longer work and new answers are not yet clear, this book offers a way forward to help congregations live more faithfully. It suggests three guiding images that help congregations both understand their current reality and deepen their engagement in the ministry to which God has called them.
Jeffrey D. Jones is the author of a number of books on congregational life and leadership, including: Traveling Together: A Guide for Disciple-Forming Congregations (Alban) and Facing Decline, Finding Hope (Rowman and Littlefield). He has served as the pastor of three churches, the interim pastor of two churches, and twice as a national staff person for the American Baptist Board of Educational Ministries. He retired as the Director of Ministerial Studies and Associate Professor of Ministerial Leadership from Andover Newton in 2015. David Fredrickson is a native Coloradan. He has served as the Assistant Rector to Trinity Church in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, Rector to the Church of the Good Shepherd in Wareham, Massachusetts, Rector to Christ Church Parish in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and is currently the Priest-in-Charge to Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester Center, Vermont.
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Contents Acknowledgements Introduction How to Read This Book Final Thoughts Before We Begin Chapter 1 - A Reality Check: Living in the In-Between A New Thing The End of Christendom The Parable of the Sower An In-Between Time Chapter 2 - Possibilities for the Future: Discerning an Image of the Congregation Discerning the Right Thing Three Images When the Images Combine Remembering - Main Street Church Letting Go - Trinity Church Resurrecting - Faith Church The Inevitability of Loss Chapter 3 - Remembering: A New Way of Seeing What Was Endings Paradox Addiction Chapter 4 - Letting Go: Insights from Hospice Chapter 5 - Resurrecting: Spirituality and Ethics Revisited The Parable of the Yeast A Tiny Part of the Whole Big Effects A Transforming/Corrupting Presence A Time-Consuming Process of Change Nurturing Spirituality The Examen Prayer The Rule of Life Spiritual Direction Claiming the Ethic of Jesus Chapter 6 - A New Model of Leadership: Inwardly Directed and Outwardly Focused A New Model of Leadership Envision the Productive Community Look Within Embrace the Hypocritical Self Transcend Fear Embody a Vision of the New Community Disturb the System Surrender to the Emergent Process Entice Through Moral Power Strength, Sensitivity and Faith Conclusion Index About the Authors
Contents Acknowledgements Introduction How to Read This Book Final Thoughts Before We Begin Chapter 1 - A Reality Check: Living in the In-Between A New Thing The End of Christendom The Parable of the Sower An In-Between Time Chapter 2 - Possibilities for the Future: Discerning an Image of the Congregation Discerning the Right Thing Three Images When the Images Combine Remembering - Main Street Church Letting Go - Trinity Church Resurrecting - Faith Church The Inevitability of Loss Chapter 3 - Remembering: A New Way of Seeing What Was Endings Paradox Addiction Chapter 4 - Letting Go: Insights from Hospice Chapter 5 - Resurrecting: Spirituality and Ethics Revisited The Parable of the Yeast A Tiny Part of the Whole Big Effects A Transforming/Corrupting Presence A Time-Consuming Process of Change Nurturing Spirituality The Examen Prayer The Rule of Life Spiritual Direction Claiming the Ethic of Jesus Chapter 6 - A New Model of Leadership: Inwardly Directed and Outwardly Focused A New Model of Leadership Envision the Productive Community Look Within Embrace the Hypocritical Self Transcend Fear Embody a Vision of the New Community Disturb the System Surrender to the Emergent Process Entice Through Moral Power Strength, Sensitivity and Faith Conclusion Index About the Authors
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