The Organizational Revolution

by Coalter, Milton J.; Mulder, John M.; Weeks, Louis B.

• ISBN13: 9780664251970
• ISBN10: 0664251978
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This book addresses the organizational character of American religious history and points to a tentative but significant conclusion: The Presbyterian Church has been undergoing an organizational revolution, and the roots of this revolution seem to have preceded the dramatic membership decline that began in the mid-1960s.Through its examination of American Presbyterianism, the Presbyterian Presence series illuminates patterns of change in mainstream Protestantism and American religious and cultural life in the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 13
Contributors	p. 15
Introduction	p. 19
The Incorporation of the Presbyterians	p. 37
Managing the Mission: Church Restructuring in the Twentieth Century	p. 55
The American Presbytery in the Twentieth Century	p. 96
A Financial History of American Presbyterian Giving, 1923-1983	p. 122
Changing Priorities: Allocation of Giving in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.	p. 132
Global and Local Mission: Allocation of Giving in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1923-1982	p. 154
A Financial History of Presbyterian Congregations Since World War II	p. 171
Money and Power: Presbyterian Women's Organizations in the Twentieth Century	p. 199
Men and Mission: The Shifting Fortunes of Presbyterian Men's Organizations in the Twentieth Century	p. 233
Special-Interest Groups and American Presbyterianism	p. 254
The Emerging Importance of Presbyterian Polity	p. 279
The National Organizational Structures of Protestant Denominations: An Invitation to a Conversation	p. 307
Notes	p. 333
Index	p. 379
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