TY - BOOK AU - Parsons,George AU - Leas,Speed TI - Understanding your congregation as a system: the manual AV - BV652.L438.U534 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - [Bethesda, Maryland] PB - Alban Institute KW - Church management KW - System theory N1 - Companion to the Congregational Systems Inventory participant's packet; 1 (pages 141.-142); 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; 2 ER -