Innovations in ministry : models for the twenty-first century / Lyle E. Schaller. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Nashville : Abingdon Press, (c)1994.Description: 156 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
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- BV652.S298.I566 1994
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BV652.S276 1998 44 questions for congregational self-appraisal / | BV652 .S325 1984 Looking in the mirror : self-appraisal in the local church / | BV652 .S326 1985 The middle sized church : problems & prescriptions / | BV652.S33 1994 Innovations in ministry : models for the twenty-first century / | BV652.S35 1996 Choosing to live : financing the future of religious body headquarters / | BV652.S357 1993 Strategies for change / | BV652 S53 2002 Managing the congregation/ |
-- Bad news is better news than good news -- Filling in the vacuum -- Identify your audience -- Six paradigm shifts -- The new partnership -- Off-campus ministries -- What about the wounded birds? -- The multisite option -- Why have a school? -- How do you pay the bills?
Asserting that the good news greatly exceeds the bad news, Innovations in Ministry celebrates what's working in American Protestantism. Lyle E. Schaller identifies the new, emerging models for ministry, with heavy emphasis on paradigm shifts toward laity driven ministries, which include: (1) market-driven "niched" ministry to reach diverse populations; (2) ownership and initiative in ministry; and (3) regional definitions of church. The purpose of this book is found in chapter 5: A new partnership that redefines the role of denominations, raises expectations of the laity, and implements the Key Church Strategy (described in chapters 6 and 7). Another strategy similar to the Key Church model is found in chapter 8, where multi-site campuses are investigated. Takes seriously the shift from small, local churches toward large, seven-day-a-week regional churches; presents several dynamic, effective, and successful models of ministry that are emerging within contemporary Protestant churches; contributes a voice of hope to ministers who perceive their churches as threatened or even dying; provides concrete examples of how effective ministry is actually taking place in the contemporary church; and illuminates the "Key Church Strategy" and provides support for those engaged in (or considering) a multi-site basis for ministry.
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