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9780787938680

Visiting in an Age of Mission A Handbook for Person-to-Person Ministry

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  • ISBN13:

    9780787938680

  • ISBN10:

    0787938688

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-08-25
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Summary

A practical guide to the crucial role of visiting in the life of a church--a role that has grown even more important in an age when so many do not regularly attAnd church services. Presented here are 14 different forms of visiting, to reach both within the church congregation and in the community at large.

Author Biography

KENNON L. CALLAHAN, ??researcher, professor, and pastor?is one of today's most sought-after church consultants. He has worked with thousands of congregations around the world and has helped tens of thousands of church leaders and pastors through his dynamic workshops and seminars. Author of many books, he is best known for his groundbreaking study Twelve Keys to an Effective Church, which has formed the basis for the Mission Growth Movement, a widely acclaimed program for church renewal. Callahan has earned the B.A., M.Div., S.T.M., and Ph.D. degrees. His doctorate is in Systematic Theology. He has served both rural and urban congregations in Ohio, Texas, and Georgia and taught for many years at Emory University. Ken and his wife of over forty years, Julie, have two children, Ken and Mike, and three grandchildren, Blake, Mason, and Brice. They enjoy the outdoors, hiking, horseback riding, and camping.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix(2)
Introduction xi
STEP ONE: THE PERSONS 3(22)
1. A Joyful Invitation
3(6)
2. Choosing Whom to Visit
9(6)
3. An Amazing Mission
15(10)
STEP TWO: WAYS OF VISITING 25(34)
4. Visiting Possibilities
25(6)
5. Personal Visiting
31(11)
6. Visiting in Gatherings
42(5)
7. Special Ways of Visiting
47(12)
STEP THREE: THE BEST TIMING 59(20)
8. A Simple Approach
59(9)
9. Life Stages and Celebrative Events
68(11)
STEP FOUR: YOUR GIFTS FOR VISITING 79(23)
10. Gifts and Graces
79(7)
11. Training and Praying
86(6)
12. Suggestions for Visiting
92(10)
13. Excellent Sprinters, Solid Marathon Runners
102(7)
STEP FIVE: BUILDING YOUR MISSION 109
14. Your Visiting Outreach
109(9)
15. The Congregation's Witness
118(10)
16. The Pastor Visits
128(7)
17. Sacrament and Cloud
135

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