Does Your Church Have a Prayer?: In Mission Toward the Promised Land: In Mission Toward the Promised Land: Participant's Guide - Softcover

Brown, Marc D.; Merry, Kathy Ashby; Briggs, John G.

 
9780881775679: Does Your Church Have a Prayer?: In Mission Toward the Promised Land: In Mission Toward the Promised Land: Participant's Guide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0881775673 ISBN 13: 9780881775679
Verlag: UPPER ROOM, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Congregations seeking revitalization can take heart. Jesus has already prayed for their unity so that they may share his love with the world! The Does Your Church Have a Prayer? Leader's Guide presents a model of Christian transformation to guide a congregation through a journey of spiritual renewal in fulfillment of Jesus' prayer in John 17. The accompanying Participant's Guide consists of a six week plan of Bible studies that, along with sermons and worship, will help generate congregational feedback critical to establishing a twenty-four month action plan for the congregation. Each week's study offers a prayer to open time together, questions to encourage scriptural reflection, and questions to facilitate thought and input as the congregation makes intentional decisions regarding its mission and ministry.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Marc Brown is the Director of Connectional Ministries for the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. He served 24 years as pastor of small, mid and large churches in rural, suburban and urban settings. Churches where served as lead pastor experienced 50 to 100 percent growth in attendance and giving. Marc served 7 years as Richmond District Superintendent in Virginia. He chaired the Virginia Conference task force to implement a plan for beginning 250 new faith communities.

Kathy Merry retired at the age of 42 from a whirlwind career in the health industry. She rose through the ranks to the executive level where her tenure encompassed several executive positions including vice-president and general manager for individual lines and senior vice-president for service operations. After a number of turnaround assignments, an IPO and 3 mergers, she retired to reacquaint herself with her family and see what else God has in store for her. She currently serves as a consultant to various small businesses and non-profit groups as well as on the Board of Directors for several philanthropic organizations.

After almost 20 years as a senior manager in various small to large companies, and several years managing his own businesses, John Briggs left this career to enter the pastoral ministry at age 49. John's expertise was in company "turn-arounds" and business expansion. This background provided a unique foundation for his interest in church renewal and growth. John presently serves a pastoral appointment in the Virginia Conference.

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Congregations seeking revitalization can take heart. Jesus has already prayed for their unity so that they may share his love with the world! The Does Your Church Have a Prayer? Leader's Guide presents a model of Christian transformation to guide a congregation through a journey of spiritual renewal in fulfillment of Jesus' prayer in John 17. This accompanying Participant's Guide consists of a six week plan of Bible studies that, along with sermons and worship, will help generate congregational feedback critical to establishing a twenty-four month action plan for the congregation. Each week's study offers a prayer to open the time together, questions to encourage scriptural reflection, and questions to facilitate thought and input as the congregation makes intentional decisions regarding its mission and ministry. The Leader's Guide begins with a number of biblical examples of spiritual leadership. Referring to these models, the authors offer pastors important thoughts on choosing, equipping, and encouraging leaders to collaborate with them as they enter a time of discernment. The leadership team may then assist in engaging the church in worship, Bible study, assessment of the church's current reality, discernment of the vision God has for their congregation, and its movement toward the Promised Land of discipleship. The Leader's Guide for Does Your Church Have a Prayer? lays out a plan for selecting and equipping a task force and for presenting this program of revitalization to the congregation. A detailed, six-week program of sermons and Bible studies supports the pastor and the task force in prayerfully engaging the entire congregation in forming and implementing a twenty-four month strategic ministry plan. By applying biblical principles through this intentional process of congregational engagement, churches will understand their calling as they move from a wilderness of inward focus to God's Promised Land for Jesus' disciples.

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Verlag
UPPER ROOM
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0881775673
ISBN 13 
9780881775679
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
75
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