Understanding your congregation as a system : the manual / [print]
George Parsons and Speed B. Leas.
- [Bethesda, Maryland] : Alban Institute, (c)1993.
- viii, 142 pages ; 23 cm.
Companion to the Congregational Systems Inventory participant's packet.
Congregational systems inventory introduction -- Congregations as systems -- Creative tension -- Systems dimensions -- Analyzing the profile -- Strategies for reclaiming tension -- Moving out of excess : the strategy scale -- Moving out of excess : the authority scale -- Moving out of excess : the leadership scales -- Moving out of excess : the relatedness scale -- Moving out of excess : the learning scale -- Profile statistics -- Appendix : Introducing the CSI : a suggested meeting design.