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Samuel Yonas Deressa, Josh de Keijzer - A Church for the World

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Samuel Yonas Deressa (ed.), Josh de Keijzer (ed.)

A Church for the World

2020

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Audrey P. Church - Tapping into the Skills of 21st-Century School Librarians

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Audrey P. Church

Tapping into the Skills of 21st-Century School Librarians

2015

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6 Challenges and Benefits S. 77-88

„… fellow classroom teachers (Church 2008, 2010; Hartzell 2002)or as administrators (Alexander, Smith, and …” „… Carey 2003; Church 2008,2010). It seems, therefore, that principals’ perceptions of librarians arebased …” „… assess (Church 2015). Librarians musthave sufficient access to the students in order to teach them.With …”

Preface

„… LIBRARIANSA Concise Handbookfor AdministratorsAudrey P. ChurchROWMAN & LITTLEFIELDLanham • Boulder • New York …” „… Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB,United KingdomCopyright © 2016 by Audrey P. ChurchAll rights reserved.No …” „… . Audrey Church’s Tapping into the Skills of School Librariansdirectly addresses that void. She …”

About the Author S. 111

„… ABOUT THE AUTHORAudrey P. Church is professor and coordinator of the school librarian-ship graduate …”

doi.org/10.5771/9781475818918

Jonathan D. Church - Virtue in an Age of Identity Politics

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Jonathan D. Church

Virtue in an Age of Identity Politics

2022

doi.org/10.5771/9781475863161

Roy M. Oswald - Making Your Church More Inviting

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Roy M. Oswald

Making Your Church More Inviting

1992

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SESSION NINE: Remaining Open to Inviting Friendsto Church S. 65-70

„… SESSION NINE Remaining Open to Inviting Friends to Church Class Assignment Before Session 9 …” „… , participants should read the following article, "Inviting Friends and Family Members to Church." Inviting …” „… Friends and Family Members to Church Two statistics provide critical information for this session. The …”

SESSION TWO: Changing Sizes of Congregations S. 5-18

„… , Pastoral, Program, and Corporate Size Churches In the following article, addressed to clergy and written …” „… his booklet Sizing Up a Congregation/or New Member Ministry (The Episcopal Church Center, New York, NY …” „… different ways different-sized churches assimilate new members. When a theory is on target, however, it so …”

SESSION FOURTEEN: Structuring for Growth S. 107-114

„… people are involved in running the church, but few are engaged in reaching out to newcomers to help it …” „… grow. Many serving on chief decision-making bodies wonder why their church is not growing numerically …” „… be involved in the church's operation. Yet the larger the board became, the less able it would be to …”

SESSION THIRTEEN: Six Stages for Every Newcomer S. 95-106

„… transition usually propels an individual to go out and search for a church family. Fifty percent of those in …” „… church in their new community. For others the transition was the birth of a child, the loss of a job, a …” „… newcomers make to a church. Unless some important things happen on this first visit, they will not return …”

SESSION EIGHT: Being More Inviting to Children S. 57-64

„… : What brought you to this church? 2 percent-an advertisement 6 percent-an invitation by the pastor 6 …” „… by other church-growth research. The implications of this are glaringly clear. If a church wants to …” „… grow numerically, it needs to encourage and cajole its own members to invite their friends to church …”

SESSION TEN: The Power of an Effective Follow-Up S. 71-78

„… places many mainline churches in a predicament, as they want to be sensitive to persons who want to …” „… through when patterns are broken will have people falling away from the church and staying away …” „… permanently. The research of John Savage in his book The Apathetic and Bored Church Member (Reynoldsburg, OH …”

Preface

„… for In-Church Trainin8 THE 1:10 ALBAN '(L:..;' INSTITUTE Copyright © 1992 by The Alban Institute, Inc …” „… INVITING TO CHILDREN 57 Session Nine REMAINING OPEN TO INVITING FRIENDS TO CHURCH 65 Session Ten THE POWER …” „… turned off by traditional approaches to church evangelism. The classic "Are you saved?" approach feels …”

SESSION THREE: The Wisdom of Newcomers S. 19-30

„… . From the church office obtain a list of names, addresses, and phone numbers of people who have joined …” „… entering the church? The content of those first conversations? What was your first impression of the pastor …” „… Church. What's more, those twenty-two parishes learned a great deal about themselves -their strengths and …”

SESSION SIX: Norms-Discovering the Rules by Which We Live S. 43-48

„… , participants should read the section "Norms: Every Church Has Them." Norms: Every Church Has Them Norms are …” „… church we studied was this: During the coffee hour, held in a large, well-appointed room with tables for …” „… alone on the sidelines, coffee cups in hand. The church had done this for years. It was almost like a …”

SESSION SEVEN: Parish Norms-Who ls Welcome in Our Congregation? S. 49-56

„… was struggling economically and not well dressed. Some people are going to slip into your church like …” „… receive a warm welcome in our church? You might be surprised at the number of people you identify as …” „… this, becoming more heterogeneous one step at a time. I disagree with much of the church growth …”

SESSION ELEVEN: Requirements of Membership S. 79-84

„… focus on issues of church membership. What does membership in your congregation mean to you? Our …” „… research on the incorporation of new members into congregations revealed that mainline Protestant churches …” „… little of those who had decided to join the church. Only two out of the twenty-two congregations we …”

SESSION FIFTEEN: Putting It All Together S. 115-132

„… community your church provides you. Ask for God's help in making your parish a place to which those out …” „… church. List goals from these sessions: Session 2: Do you have goals related to congregational size and …” „… are in your church. Did insights emerge from this session that you can put into goal language and …”

SESSION TWELVE: Going Deeper-Volunteer Management S. 85-94

„… view, this is downright irresponsible of the church. By joining, people are supposedly being brought …” „… look at how a church might nurture spiritual growth. In Session 11 I encouraged you to institute at …” „… person has had no previous experience in any church. The Bible is a complete mystery. For this person to …”

SESSION ONE: Building the Team S. 1-4

„… ten-minute general discussion on these issues. Making Your Church More Inviting 3 Desiring Church Growth The …” „… last set of questions focuses on members' desires for their church to grow numerically. Ask …” „… individuals if they want this church to grow numerically; if so, why? By how much? You might list on newsprint …”

SESSION FIVE: The History That Is Our Journey S. 35-42

„… we're going to look at the church's patterns of numerical growth and some of the things that have …” „… . Making Your Church More Inviting 37 What you have before you now is a gold mine of information. You have …” „… might post the string of newsprint in a prominent place within the church. Place a sign above the …”

SESSION FOUR: Listening to Our Newcomers S. 31-34

„… newsprint. What is 32 The Alban Institute your church doing right? What is your church doing wrong? Take no …” „… -what the group learned about the church from its own entry experience. Following some general …” „… three or four key insights are listed on one newsprint sheet titled: Obstacles Our Church Presents to …”

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