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Church mergers- [electronic resource] : a guidebook for missional change

서명/저자: Church mergers - [electronic resource] : a guidebook for missional change Thomas G. Bandy, Page M. Brooks

내용주기: Church mergers: a guidebook for missional change -- Contents -- 1. Why Merge? -- 2. Unexpected Visions -- 3. Get Moving! -- 4. Steps on the Journey: Four Churches Finding Their Way into the Future -- 5. The True Cost of Discipleship: Anticipating the Real Price of Success -- 6. Trust: The Foundation for Candid and Faithful Conversation -- 7. Vision Team: Trusted Leadership to Discern the Future -- 8. Facing Reality: Critical Mass and Critical Momentum -- 9. Breaking Control: Surrendering Privileges -- 10. Hope: Opening to God's Grace -- 11. Compatibility: Demographic Research, Lifestyles, and Mirroring the Mission Field -- 12. Setting Priorities: Measurable Outcomes -- 13. Stress Management: Living between Grief and Promise -- 14. The New Board: Credible Leadership for Critical Mass -- 15. The New Identity: The Symbol of a New Beginning -- 16. Asset Management: Resourcing Teams and Ministries -- 17. Building a Core Team: Competent Leadership for Critical Momentum -- 18. Strategic Planning: Traction and Steering -- 19. A New Beginning: Seven Years Later -- 20. Basics for a Successful Merger -- 21. Critical Momentum -- 22. Critical Mass -- 23. How to Get Traction -- 24. How to Steer in the Right Direction -- 25. Why Some Mergers Succeed...but Others Fail -- Notes -- Index.

초록/해제: 요약 : Church Mergers offers churches of all sizes and traditions practical advice on how to merge successfully. Authors Thomas G. Bandy and Page M. Brooks draw on decades of experience to illustrate why and how missional mergers are possible. Church Mergers guides congregational leaders and regional planners through the process of successful mergers. It shares the stories of four churches in the merger process, explaining the steps to assess their situations, build trust, and discern vision. The book offers guidance to assess the potential for merger, explore contextual relevancy and lifestyle compatibility, overcome internal and external obstacles, define strategic priorities, create new boards, build leadership teams, combine assets, and more. Church Mergers shows that a faithful, healthy, missional merger is possible, and it illustrates that the whole can indeed be greater than the sum of its parts.