Tattered trust
Subtitle: is there hope for your denomination?
By: Lyle E. Schaller.
Series: Ministry for the third millennium
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Protestant churches -- North America.; Church renewal -- Protestant churches.; North America -- Religious life and customs.
Description: "As a church consultant in more than thirty-five denominations for over thirty years, Lyle Schaller is an unrepentant denominationalist. He acknowledges the advantages that independent churches enjoy, and he admits that the future of denominations may be compromised by the "doctrine of ascending liability." But in this book he argues that there is hope for denominations. With special focus on The United Methodist Church, Southern Baptist Convention, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Episcopal Church, and Presbyterian Church (USA), he offers seven specific scenarios that local church and denominational officials can pursue as each church leader confronts the opportunity of whether to be a victim or a reformer."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-136).