Small on Purpose - Couverture souple

Parks, Lewis A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1501827324 ISBN 13 : 9781501827327

Editeur : Abingdon Press, 2017

Synopsis

You find yourself in a small congregation. Voices of doubt whisper in your ears: not enough young people, not enough money to keep the building open, not enough programs to attract new persons, and most of all, not enough time to reverse the decline of congregational life. Before you head for the door or settle into a resigned sleepwalk, listen also for the voices of hope coming from without and within.<\/p>

More is going on in your small congregation than you might think. Small On Purpose<\/em> offers a vision of the small church as a Spirit\-animated organism that releases native religious creativity and energy in its worship; makes claims on a future by making plans; and discovers surrogate family ties that bind. This small church learns how to bless rather than curse its location, how to craft beauty and hospitality from its buildings, and how to bequeath its faith to the younger generation. A small church in dynamic equilibrium looks to its past for wisdom, not nostalgia, and projects continuity, not disaster. It has a sense of the value of its story within the larger story of God\x27s project to build a people to be a blessing to the nations.<\/p>

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lewis A. Parks is Associate Dean for Church Leadership Development and Director of the D.Min. Program at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.<br>Mr. Parks co-authored Ducking Spears, Dancing Madly: A Biblical Model of Church Leadership with Bruce Birch and is the author of Preaching in the Small Membership Church, both published by Abingdon Press.<br><br><br> <br>

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abingdon Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1501827324
• ISBN 13: 9781501827327
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 130
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible