Organizing church
Subtitle: grassroots practices for embodying change in your congregation, your community, and our world
By: Tim Conder, Dan Rhodes
Contributors: Rhodes, Daniel, 1976-
Publisher: Chalice Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Saint Louis, Missouri
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9780827227637
Subjects: Church renewal; Community organization; Communities; Christianity and culture; Social justice; Christianity
Description: "Organizing Church blends proven principles of community organizing and research on socially active congregations into an essential field guide that will revitalize and empower churches as change agents. Seasoned pastors and community activists Tim Conder and Dan Rhodes will help pastors and other church leaders build healthier congregations and create a deep culture of discipleship and engagement in their community"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (118-125).
Table of contents: title: 1. RE-assessing the church as it is and could be; title: 2. RE-defining the church: practice-based ecclesiology; title: 3. RE-empowering the church: why power matters for congregations; title: 4. RE-connecting the church: the constructive practice of the relational meeting; title: 5. RE-collecting the church: house meetings and discernment; title: 6. RE-uniting the church: on conflict and revitalization; title: 7. RE-discovering the church: an organizing and reorganizing community; title: Appendix 1. One-to-ones; title: Appendix 2. House meetings/listening sessions.