The Organic Church - Couverture souple

Anan, Gabriel Rev Dr

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 190773211X ISBN 13 : 9781907732119

Editeur : Melrose Books, 2011

Synopsis

This book attempts to meet the challenge of practical thinking whether religious or secular in the complex world of rapid change. To think and act practically and strategically in fresh and innovative ways is essential in the world of the unknown and unpredictable for survival in particular if managing an organic church for its mission in the rapidly changing world, traditional or contemporary. To achieve its objectives as an organic church, it must have to employ a radical approach with appropriate mechanism for self-maintenance. It must also have a strategic growth element whilst achieving its mission objectives in evangelism and ministry in reaching out to the world as well as keeping and maintaining the core members in the church. The material of this book is the finding of my doctoral work - Managing Change in the Church of England: Church Leaders in the Diocese of Chelmsford. The study identified how some church leaders and their congregational members in the Diocese of Chelmsford were able to cope with the financial crisis facing the national and the local churches. They were able not only to work toward a policy to become self-financing churches but were also able to manage change for survival and growth. The method adopted by these churches should, inevitably, be useful for other churches: Traditional, Evangelical, Independent and also the Faith-based organisations and similar settings, large or small, that are declining and struggling financially to enable them to grow and survive as found among the church leaders studied.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Revd Dr Gabriel Anan was born and raised in Ghana where he received his primary and secondary education. He worked for the Ministry of Interior for five years before leaving for Great Britain to study law, shipping and transport. His management training earned him the corporate membership of professional bodies including Chartered Institute of Shipbrokers, Chartered Institute of Transport and the Institute of Export. He later worked as a manager and director for five years before engaging in academic studies at Greenwich University, where he would achieve a Master of Arts in Voluntary Sector Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the area of church leadership and management of change at the University of East London. As a Church of England minister, he completed a BA in Contextual Theology at the Middlesex University. He also studied for a BA Evangelical degree at Elim Bible College - now Regents Theological College. He has a vast practical experience in voluntary and charity organisations as he served as a chairman of Canning Town outlook, a Board of Director for Newham Credit Union, and Vice Chair for Drew Primary School Governors for four years. Currently, he is an Associate Minister at St. George's, Church of England, in East London and Youth Adviser for London Borough of Newham. He lives in Essex with his wife, Linda, and daughter, Adom.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Melrose Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 190773211X
• ISBN 13: 9781907732119
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 161
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible