Raising the Roof

Alice Mann

doi:10.5771/9781566996150

Raising the Roof

The Pastoral-to-Program Size Transition

Published 2001

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doi.org/10.5771/9781566996150
ISBN print: 978-1-56699-254-1
ISBN online: 978-1-56699-615-0
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Zusammenfassung

Pastoral-to-program size change is frequently described as the most challenging of growth transitions for congregations. Now Alban senior consultant Alice Mann, author of The In-Between Church: Navigating Size Transitions in Congregations, addresses the difficulties of that transition in this resource designed specifically for a congregational learning team. Conceptualized and developed by Mann for an Alban on-line seminar program test event conducted with 12 congregations in transition, her newest book features a five-step process enabling the learning team to engage a wider circle of congregational leaders and members in study, discernment, and planning. Never-before published resources include discussion of a major new concept—passive barriers to growth—plus Mann’s "System Change Index" tool to help congregations measure their progress from pastoral-size to program-size ways of operating. From preparing the congregation’s board and members, selecting the person to guide the learning process, and recruiting the learning team, to creating and celebrating a plan for congregational learning and action, Mann provides all the resources a congregation needs to address this significant size transition period.

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Preface
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES
1–4 INTRODUCTION 1–4
5–16 CHAPTER 1: Changing Size 5–16
17–34 CHAPTER 2: Barriers to Growth 17–34
35–54 CHAPTER 3: Foundations for the Breakthrough to Program Size 35–54
55–108 CHAPTER 4: Five Steps in Congregational Learning 55–108
109–110 APPENDIX A: The Foundations Course: Cornerstone of an Adult Faith Formation Strategy 109–110
111–114 APPENDIX B: Resources for Releasing Gifts for Ministry 111–114
115–116 APPENDIX C: Factors in the Stevenson "Margin-in-Life" Scale 115–116
117–120 APPENDIX D: "Raising the Roof" Interview Questions 117–120
121–138 APPENDIX E: System Change Index 121–138
139–146 APPENDIX F: Biblical Reflections 139–146
147–158 APPENDIX G: Trend Scan: The View from Here 147–158
159–162 APPENDIX H: "Snapshot" Page from a Percept "Ministry Area Profile" 159–162
163–170 APPENDIX I: Should We Add a New Worship Service? 163–170
171–177 NOTES 171–177

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