Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part 1. The basics of congregational culture. Why leaders should read this book : the importance of culture -- What are we talking about? : the definition of culture -- What we do : the church's expression of culture -- Why we do what we do : the church's cultural values -- What we believe : the church's beliefs -- How we respond : the church's relationship to culture -- Part 2. Reading congreg…
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Includes bibliographical references.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral). Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132).
Undercapitalized Vocations. Vocational Idolatry. The Jonah Story -- I. Buying Passage to Tarshish. 1. Jonah Disobedient. Escape to Tarshish. Stay Where You Are. Ecclesiastical Pornography. The Travel Agent in Joppa. 2. Jonah Obedient. Professionalized Obedience. The Kind of Pastor We in Fact Are -- II. Escaping the Storm. 1. Repudiating Tarshish Religion. What Do You Mean, You Sleeper? The Amer…
"In Working the Angles, Peterson calls the attention of his fellow pastors to three basic acts--which he sees as the three angles of a triangle--that are so critical to the pastoral ministry that they determine the shape of everything else. The acts--prayer, reading Scripture, and giving spiritual direction--are acts of attention to God in three different contexts: oneself, the community of fai…
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-354). Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references.
Your most important employee -- The God connection -- Climate controls the crops -- The beehive principle -- Loading the plane -- Taking down the fences -- Putting the wheels on -- The best kind of networking -- Beyond the fund-raising mentality -- From serve-us to service.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142).
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"A Crossroad book." Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references
"Translated from the German 'Seelsorge, ' Band V, Gesammelten Schriften (Munich: Chr. Kaiser Verlag, 1982)"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-92).
Chapter One: the critical first year -- Choices for that first year -- Where does the time go? -- Building that list -- Who creates that vision? -- What is realistic? -- Chapter Two: Rebuilding the staff -- The deference pyramid -- What about a co pastorate? -- Hierarchy or hub and spoke? -- One big family? -- The mentor student relationship -- The boss subordinate model -- What is the issue? -…