Parsons, George,

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.



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Church management.
System theory.

BV652.L438.U534 1993