The elephant in the boardroom : speaking the unspoken about pastoral transitions
Record details
- ISBN: 9780787972578
- ISBN: 0787972576
- ISBN: 0787972576
- ISBN: 9780787972578
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Physical Description:
xv, 220 pages ; 24 cm
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2004.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Principles of transition, Jesus style -- Counting the cost -- The five key players in a healthy transition -- One church, four variations -- Transition strategies for leaders in a family culture -- Transition strategies for leaders in an icon culture -- Transition strategies for leaders in an archival culture -- Transition strategies for leaders in a replication culture -- Strategic planning and the search process -- The asset-preserving ministry -- A capability-and-maturity model for churches -- Pastoral transitions in low-performing churches -- A plan for responding to the crisis of sudden transitions -- Getting started on a plan for your church. |
Summary, etc.: | Consultants Carolyn Weese and Russell Crabtree explain how churches can plan for and make the best of the circumstances when a pastor moves on. Step by step, with assessment tools and quizzes, the book shows congregations how to identify their culture type, create a succession plan appropriate for their style, and develop ways to equip and sustain the church during staff turnover. --From publisher's description. |
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Subject: | Pastoral theology Clergy Office Clergy Office Pastoral theology |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at John P. Webster Library - West Hartford.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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John P. Webster Library - West Hartford | BV 4011.3 .W44 2004 (Text) | 32545070249665 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |