Sharing God's blessing : how to renew the local church /
Greenwood, Robin,author.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain),publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184).
Introduction: purpose and leading themes -- Part 1. A conversational pathway for changing churches. Sharing God's blessing -- Participatory and appreciative inquiry -- Storytelling to stimulate transformational conversation -- Part 2. Five conversations for changing churches on the theme of blessing. Opening the door -- Conversation 1: what is blessing? -- Conversation 2: living in praise -- Conversation 3: church as a wisdom community -- Conversation 4: blessed to become a blessing -- Conversation 5: there is more than enough! -- Creative development: examples of taking the conversations further -- Part 3. Integrating a conversational approach to church development. Transformational conversation: maintaining the approach -- Re-visioning a church through conversation -- Becoming a more open church: a half-day conversation -- Conversations on poetry -- Blessed to bless: young people as church -- A local shared-ministry team weekend -- Making a good ending -- A journey just beginning.
Church renewal.