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A place where everybody matters : life and ministry in a small church / Jean F. Risley. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: House of Prisca & Aquila SeriesPublication details: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf and Stock Publishers, (c)2010.Description: x, 141 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781608993062
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV637.R595.P533 2010
  • BV637
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Contents:
Introduction -- What life is like in the small church -- Worship is at the center of a small church -- In a small church, everybody does ministry
What small churches do uniquely well -- Finding the congregation's priorities -- Welcoming and integrating newcomers -- Conflict is a growth opportunity -- Overcoming smallness through shared ministries -- Making opportunities for children and youth -- Technological tools in the small church
What small churches need from their pastors -- What life is like for a small-church pastor -- Pastoral care as facilitation -- Discipling through personal relations -- Living as an example: life is a fishbowl -- Coping in a church that can't afford its pastor -- Small churches are worth loving
Subject: Small churches need the work of all of their people to survive, and this means that there's a productive place in the church family for every person, no matter how gifted or challenged. Small churches are uniquely personal, and they provide an unparalleled opportunity for Christians to learn, grow, and live out their faith consciously, every day. Small churches become a family, children of God, and brothers and sisters of Jesus together. There's no place to hide in a small church. The normal human dramas of good and evil, sin and repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation all happen in our relationships in the family. A small church is a place where people can serve an apprenticeship in faith, learning from those before them and passing on their experience to those around them. In a small church the pastor provides context by preaching and teaching, serves as a role model in encouraging the ministry of others, and, by loving the people, helps them see themselves through God's eyes. The rest is up to the people themselves and to God.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BV637.8.R595.P533 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001697107

PennsylvaniaRT I: THE SMALL-CHURCH ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction -- What life is like in the small church -- Worship is at the center of a small church -- In a small church, everybody does ministry

PennsylvaniaRT II: WORK AND ACTIVITIES OF THE SMALL CHURCH -- What small churches do uniquely well -- Finding the congregation's priorities -- Welcoming and integrating newcomers -- Conflict is a growth opportunity -- Overcoming smallness through shared ministries -- Making opportunities for children and youth -- Technological tools in the small church

PART III - THE PennsylvaniaSTORAL ROLE Indiana THE SMALL CHURCH -- What small churches need from their pastors -- What life is like for a small-church pastor -- Pastoral care as facilitation -- Discipling through personal relations -- Living as an example: life is a fishbowl -- Coping in a church that can't afford its pastor -- Small churches are worth loving

Small churches need the work of all of their people to survive, and this means that there's a productive place in the church family for every person, no matter how gifted or challenged. Small churches are uniquely personal, and they provide an unparalleled opportunity for Christians to learn, grow, and live out their faith consciously, every day. Small churches become a family, children of God, and brothers and sisters of Jesus together. There's no place to hide in a small church. The normal human dramas of good and evil, sin and repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation all happen in our relationships in the family. A small church is a place where people can serve an apprenticeship in faith, learning from those before them and passing on their experience to those around them. In a small church the pastor provides context by preaching and teaching, serves as a role model in encouraging the ministry of others, and, by loving the people, helps them see themselves through God's eyes. The rest is up to the people themselves and to God.

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