Managing polarities in congregations
Subtitle: eight keys for thriving faith communities
By: Roy M. Oswald and Barry Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, Barry Allan, 1942-
Publisher: Alban Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Herndon, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781566993906
Subjects: Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why managing polarities is important to congregational health; title: Tradition and innovation; title: Spiritual health and institutional health; title: Management and leadership; title: Strong clergy leadership and strong lay leadership; title: Inreach and outreach; title: Nurture and transformation; title: Making disciples : easy process and challenging process; title: Call and duty; title: Appendix A: Polarities in small groups; title: Appendix B: Methods for working with polarities in groups; title: Appendix C: Polarity principles; title: Appendix D: References on the importance of polarities.