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Author : Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
Release : 2009
Genre : Church group work with youth
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 408/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Coming of Age Handbook for Congregations by : Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
Download or read book Coming of Age Handbook for Congregations written by Sarah Gibb Millspaugh. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alice Mann
Release : 2000-03-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 810/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Can Our Church Live? by : Alice Mann
Download or read book Can Our Church Live? written by Alice Mann. This book was released on 2000-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing on earth lives forever—not even congregations. Alban Institute senior consultant Alice Mann explains how the natural life cycle of a congregation, as well as other internal and external factors, can produce a congregation that is in real trouble. She then offers hope for congregations that want to change. Practical options for congregations, leadership challenges for laity and clergy, and ways to work with denominations are detailed and engaging discussion questions provide a basis for congregational planning
Author : Richard S. Gilbert
Release : 2000
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 082/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Building Your Own Theology by : Richard S. Gilbert
Download or read book Building Your Own Theology written by Richard S. Gilbert. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Horgan
Release : 2015-07-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 590/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lamy of Santa Fe by : Paul Horgan
Download or read book Lamy of Santa Fe written by Paul Horgan. This book was released on 2015-07-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History (1976). The extraordinary biography of a pioneer hero of the frontier Southwest from the author of Great River. Originally published in 1975, this Pulitzer Prize for History–winning biography chronicles the life of Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy (1814–1888), New Mexico’s first resident bishop and the most influential, reform-minded Catholic official in the region during the late 1800s. Lamy’s accomplishments, including the endowing of hospitals, orphanages, and English-language schools and colleges, formed the foundation of modern-day Santa Fe and often brought him into conflict with corrupt local priests. His life story, also the subject of Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop, describes a pivotal period in the American Southwest, as Spanish and Mexican rule gave way to much greater influence from the United States and Europe. Historian and consummate stylist Paul Horgan has given us a chronicle filled with hardy, often extraordinary adventure, and sustained by Lamy’s magnificent strength of character. “Lamy of Santa Fe stands as a beacon in American biography.” —James M. Day, author of Paul Horgan “Lamy of Santa Fe is a classic work. Not only is the research exemplary but so is the narrative artistry, the work of history as art.” —Robert Gish, author of Nueva Granada: Paul Horgan and the Modern Southwest “Historians, and general readers as well, seeking vivid portrayal of the Southwest’s political, social and cultural traditions will find [this book] rewarding . . . the historical and literary heritage of Americans in general will be the richer for Mr. Horgan’s painstaking effort.” —Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Author : George B. Thompson
Release : 2007-11-19
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 853/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Church on the Edge of Somewhere by : George B. Thompson
Download or read book Church on the Edge of Somewhere written by George B. Thompson. This book was released on 2007-11-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most congregations today exist in what George Thompson calls the "middle of anywhere." They live comfortably with their surrounding culture, focusing their energies on serving the needs of their current members. These congregations have many strengths and gifts that they can exercise without changing a thing. But Thompson envisions a deeper, more prophetic call for congregations to explore the meaning of being in the world but not of it--a church on the "edge of somewhere." Thompson sees a church that is deeply engaged in ministering to the community while calling on others to commit to doing the same. By analyzing the interaction between a congregation's focus of identity and their stance with the world, Thompson has created a helpful grid for congregations to place themselves on today's cultural map. A congregation that sees itself as existing on the margins of society will look different than one that sees itself as embedded in society. A congregation that hears a call to serve the surrounding community will look different from one that focuses on its internal needs. Knowing where they stand now is the key for congregations to discover where they must go in the future to fully live out their call to be God's people in the world.
