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Author: Maria Chiara Rioli
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-08-25
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9004423710
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough largely unpublished archives in the Middle East, Europe and the United States, and the Pius XII papers, in A Liminal Church Maria Chiara Rioli offers an appraisal of Jerusalem’s Roman Catholic diocese in the Palestine War and its aftermath.
Author: Susan Beaumont
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-09-17
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1538127695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow do you lead an organization stuck between an ending and a new beginning—when the old way of doing things no longer works but a way forward is not yet clear? Beaumont calls such in-between times liminal seasons—threshold times when the continuity of tradition disintegrates and uncertainty about the future fuels doubt and chaos. In a liminal season it simply is not helpful to pretend we understand what needs to happen next. But leaders can still lead. How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going is a practical book of hope for tired and weary leaders who risk defining this era of ministry in terms of failure or loss. It helps leaders stand firm in a disoriented state, learning from their mistakes and leading despite the confusion. Packed with rich stories and real-world examples, Beaumont guides the reader through practices that connect the soul of the leader with the soul of the institution.
Author: Jeffrey D. Jones
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023-07-10
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1538174510
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCongregations today exist in an in-between, or liminal, time. The customary answers about what it means to be and do church and strategies for renewal based on those answers no longer work. But there is no certainty about the new answers. It is a time of searching—of letting go of the old and experimenting with the new. This means facing the reality of death, which may come as institutions die or as established ways are abandoned. This book addresses this reality while maintaining a constant focus on the Christian promise of resurrection. It offers three images that recognize the differing contexts of congregations and help them shape their future as they seek to discern God’s work in their midst. Congregations shaped by each of the three images (remembering, letting go, and resurrecting) have the potential to faithfully engage in God’s work in their setting. For each of the three there are suggestions for helping a congregation move toward an even more faithful expression of the image. The book includes Bible studies and other resources that congregations will find helpful in this process. Some congregations may continue in traditional ways, while others seek a new way of being church. But all can join in God’s work in their time and place with a new and deeper understanding of the ministry that is theirs. This book helps them do that. Because a different kind of leadership is needed the book offers an approach to leadership that is grounded in a spiritual process of inward reflection and outward involvement.
Author: Sang Hyun Lee
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1451418159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on decades of teaching and reflection, Princeton theologian Sang Lee probes what it means for Asian Americans to live as the followers of Christ in the "liminal space" between Asia and America and at the periphery of American society.
Author: David G. Benner
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2015-09-24
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0830899448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this expanded edition of a spiritual formation classic, David G. Benner explores the twin themes of love and surrender as the heart of Christian spirituality. God doesn't want his people to respond to him out of fear or obligation, but invites us to enter into an authentic relationship of intimacy and devotion—by surrendering to love.
Author: Faggioli, Massimo
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2020-03-18
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1608338320
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A historical analysis of the ways in which Francis's papacy is unusual and thus open to greater possibilities than many of his predecessors"--
Author: Alan J. Roxburgh
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1997-09-01
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781563381904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe urgent question for Christian mission in North America today has to do with churches and congregations and the crisis of their identity in the culture of modernity. According to Alan J. Roxburgh, the church has shifted from the center of culture to the margins. This text examines this shift and explores Victor Turner's work on liminality (a term describing the transition process that accompanies a change of state or social position).
Author: Robert Chao Romero
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2020-05-26
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0830853952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Latina/o culture and identity have long been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo. Robert Chao Romero explores the "Brown Church" and how this movement appeals to the vision for redemption that includes not only heavenly promises but also the transformation of our lives and the world.
Author: Susan Beaumont
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2011-10-25
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1566995612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor five years, Alban Institute senior consultant Susan Beaumont has been giving voice to the organizational and leadership demands of large congregations. Through her work, she has identified five basic leadership systems that need to stay in alignment for the large church to function well for its size: clergy leadership roles, staff team design and function, governance and board function, acculturation and the role of laity, and forming and executing strategy. She has also learned that these five systems operate with some important but subtle distinctions in what Beaumont calls the professional church (400-800 in worship attendance), the strategic church (800-1,200), and the matrix church (1,200-2,000). Often, she has discovered, problems in a large congregation are related to the fact that one or more of the five systems is inappropriately structured for the size of the congregation. In other words, the church isn't acting its size. Beaumont is invested in helping large congregations 'rightsize' their leadership systems to better serve their ministry context. This book articulates why size matters and how it matters in the world of large congregations. It is written for anyone who wants to better understand the leadership and organizational dynamics of the large church anyone seeking to understand the challenges of leading from inside the large congregation.
Author: Mike Brown
Publisher:
Published: 2021-11-30
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781632964809
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNestled between the devastation of Good Friday and the joy of Resurrection Sunday is the confusion, anger, and hopelessness of Holy Saturday. It is a reminder that most of our lives are lived in this middle space-after something has ended but the new has not yet begun. How do we navigate the uncertainty and pain of living in the space between what once was and what will be? How do we walk by faith when the future is dark and unclear? With real-life examples, author and pastor Mike Brown helps us understand what it means to wait on God. - This honest and insightful book will help you: - Experience comfort and hope when you feel lost. - Discover how God is at work between endings and new beginnings. - Be encouraged and equipped to better engage with Jesus during dry seasons in life. - Learn how the small disciplines of silence, stillness, and meditation keep us tethered to God in the wilderness of waiting.
