Consultancy skills for mission and ministry
By: David Dadswell
Publisher: SCM Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780334043737; 9780334044574
Subjects: Church consultation; Pastoral counseling
Description: Consultancy Skills for Mission and Ministry provides a readable handbook to doing consultancy in church based organisations. Many of those who exercise ministry in churches move into roles where they are expected to supervise and support ministers and church leaders in their work. Consultancy is an effective way of doing this and provides skills and theoretical frameworks for both those working explicitly as consultants to ministers and church workers and leaders as well as for officers in churches such as Archdeacons, Superintendents, Mission Officers, local church and regional development advisers or those involved in continuing professional development. Often people moving into these roles are not provided with the specific skills and knowledge they need. Other groups who will find this book useful will include consultants who operate in commercial, public and voluntary organisations but who need to know how to apply their skills in church settings and students on courses in consult.
Notes: "A handbook"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: The consultant as practical theologian; title: The consultant and church organizations; title: What is consultancy?; title: Roles in consultancy; title: The process of consultancy; title: Models of consultancy; title: Analysis and design; title: Issues in the provision of consultancy in churches; title: The consultancy journey.