Developing Healthy Churches: Returning to the Heart of Mission and Ministry

by Robert Warren

Overview

Developing Healthy Churches is an utterly practical and realistic guide for any leader seeking to revitalize and grow their church.

Healthy Churches’ Handbook, this new volume will help you implement tried and tested approaches for healthy church growth in your parish.

Realistic and encouraging, disarmingly honest and grounded in the reality of parish life, it will help you build up your church in several key areas:

• nurturing spirituality
• re-thinking pastoral care
• refreshing the home group
• engaging in mission
• expressing Christian values

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780715142813
Publisher:	Hymns Ancient & Modern
Publication date:	07/31/2012
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction v

Part 1 Foundations

1 What's it all about? 3

2 Overcoming obstacles 15

3 Rich resources 26

4 Living the Christian distinctives 39

Part 2 Practicalities

5 Nurturing spirituality 55

6 Re-working pastoral care 71

7 Re-working home groups 83

8 Re-working giving 94

9 Re-working evangelism 108

10 Re-working mission 121

Part 3 Resources

Introduction 137

Study questions 140

Leaders' resources 180

Notes 205

Editorial Reviews

'In recent years, few people have had a greater influence on the renewal of church life than Robert Warren.'

Bishop Stephen Cottrell

'In recent years, few people have had a greater influence on the renewal of church life than Robert Warren.'

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