Size Transitions in Congregations

by Gaede, Beth Ann

• ISBN13: 9781566992466
• ISBN10: 156699246X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Part One: How Big Are We?	1	(84)
Current Thinking on Size Transitions	3	(28)
Theodore W. Johnson
How to Minister Effectively in Family, Pastoral, Program, and Corporate Sized Churches	31	(16)
Roy M. Oswald
What Happens Between Sizes? Why Congregations Get Stuck	47	(12)
Alice Mann
Sizing Up a Congregation: How Size Affects Function	59	(6)
Douglas Alan Walrath
Leader Relationships: A Key to Congregational Size	65	(10)
Edward H. Koster
Beginnings of a Theory of Synagogue Size: Changing Patterns and Behaviors	75	(10)
Alice Mann
David Trietsch
Dan Hotchkiss
Part Two: The Ups And Downs of Congregational Size	85	(86)
Growing Pains: Are They Worth It?	87	(6)
Bill Joiner
Raising the Roof: Foundations for the Breakthrough to Program Size	93	(26)
Alice Mann
One Size Doesn't Fit All: Reflections on Becoming a Corporate-Size Church	119	(10)
Joel S. McCoy
Marks of Growing Churches: The Confederate Approach to Church Growth	129	(6)
G. W. Garvin
Dreaming of Cathedrals, Building Skyscrapers: Discovering What It Means to Be Church	135	(8)
Elizabeth I. Steele
Finding Our Mission: Stages in the Life of an Urban Congregation	143	(8)
Ronald T. Roberts
Congregations in Decline: How Context Affects Size	151	(4)
Alice Mann
When Membership Declines: Letting Go and Moving Forward	155	(8)
Roy M. Oswald
The Death and Dying of a Congregation: An Experience of God's Grace	163	(8)
Daphne Burt
Contributors	171