Chickens, Cookies & Cozzin George

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 141 pages; Trade Size Soft Cover Paperback, No Dust Jacket, Book Shows Wear, Ex Church Library, Previous Owner Name. Book Club Edition. ; BX89

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One of the most crucial changes in North American life, Lyle E. Schaller explains, has been the shift from small to large institutions. Sixty years ago one-teacher, one-room schoolhouses still abounded, and the average number of students in all American schools was one hundred. Now new construction on elementary schools is often for facilities that will accommodate more than twelve hundred students, and average school size is over six hundred. Similar changes have happened in several other branches of American life. These changes, Schaller contends, mean that the rules have changed for everyone involved in organization life. Very large churchesmegachurcheswill increasingly come to embody the new rule-book for congregations. Extending their mission far beyond a single local neighborhood, they will draw large numbers of visitors, helping them move from skeptics or seekers to believers to learners to disciples to apostles, and move them progressively. The Very Large Church was written for those congregational leaders, both volunteer and paid staff, who recognize that their old rule-book is obsolete and who are eager to learn how to participate effectively in the very large church in a context that is defined by the culture, the societal context, clearly defined expectations, a theological belief system, a passion for evangelism, a high level of competence, creativity, innovation, and a new and different set of rules, rather than by local traditions, geographical boundaries, or yesterdays stereotypes. Key Features: Focuses on issues in organization lifeSchallers strong suit Addresses a tendency that is growing today Key Benefits: Places the shift to large churches withinthe context of a cultural shift from small to large institutions. Demonstrates how and why the old rule-book for organizational structure must change. Helps church leaders understand how to make the transition to the megachurch culture while retaining Christian integrity.

Product Info

ISBN: 0687064856

ISBN-13: 9780687064854

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Year: 1983

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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