Tag: Church Identity

Senge, The Fifth Discipline

Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization. Broadway Business, 2006. Referenced in: Leadership and Organizational Culture LifeandLeadership.com Summary Part of the challenge of transformational and empowering leadership is helping congregations understand how to break out of missionally ineffective patterns. Often churches “keep on doing what they have always

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Schein, Organizational Culture and Leadership

Edgar H. Schein, Organizational Culture and Leadership, Fourth Edition. Jossey-Bass, 2010. Referenced in: Leadership and Organizational Culture LifeandLeadership.com Summary Leaders create congregational/organizational cultures or corporate personalities, whether intentional or not. A part of transformational and empowering leadership is to be proactive in creating cultures that are mission enhancing and life-changing. Several sources in the resource

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Church Leader Foundations – Church Culture, Church Identity

CHURCH IDENTITY, CONGREGATIONAL CULTURE Part of the ministry resources on Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal. See also the resources on Leadership and Organizational Culture. Introduction Resources Related Ministry Resources Introduction Just as ecclesiology helps us understand the church from a theological angle, church identity or congregational culture looks through sociological and organizational perspectives. One

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Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal, Index

Temporary link to York University Equip Conference Handout – York Equip Conference 2024 Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal Quick-list of Resources Sam Rainer, The Church Revitalization Checklist: A Hopeful and Practical Guide for Leading Your Congregation to a Brighter Tomorrow. Tyndale Momentum/Church Answers, 2021. Brian Croft, Biblical Church Revitalization: Solutions for Dying and Divided

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