Ending with hope : a resource for closing congregations
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog8123
- Publication Date
- c2001
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 652 E54 2002
- Place of Publication
- [Bethesda MD]
- Publisher
- Alban Institute
- Publication Date
- c2001
- Physical Description
- ix, 173 p. ; 22.8 x 15.2 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "Beth Ann Gaede, edtitor".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- This book "grows out of the understanding that although closing a congregation is in many ways about dying, it can also be about new life. Closing a congregation does not have to be about failure but can also be about redirecting resources for new ministry. Contributors represent eight denominations and include more than a dozen ... who have helped congregations through the painful closing process. Resources include models for assessing whether a congregation should close, reflections on members' and pastors' experiences during closing, case studies, guidance for deciding what to do with a building, suggestions for selecting and preserving documents and artifacts, rituals for healthy closings, a survey of historical trends regarding closings, and other helpful materials". -- inside front cover.
- Contents divided into three sections: Decisions and Dynamics in Closings -- Stories about Closings -- Resources for Leaders.
- Contents: Discerning God's Calling / Ellen Morseth -- Assessing Congregational Viability / Keith Spencer -- Closing Churches in the Light of American Religious History / Gilson A.C. Waldkoenig -- The Members' Experience / Tanya Stormo Rasmussen -- The Pastor's Experience / N. Nelson Granade, Jr. -- Merger as a New Beginning / Terry E. Foland -- A Judicatory Perspective / William Chris Hobgood -- A Tale of Two Closings / Lindsay Louise Biddle -- Closing Rural Congregations / Len Eberhart -- A Struggle to the End / Cynthia Marie Chapa -- Ending with Strength / Lowell L. Hesterman -- The Value of Ritual : Making Meaning, Forging Hope / Lucy Kolin -- Congregational Records and Artifacts / Paul Daniels -- Deciding What to Do with the Building / Jennifer Lynn Baskerville -- Guidance for Decision Makers / Partners for Sacred Places.
- Series
- Alban Institute publication ; AL 253
- Added Entry
- Gaede, Beth Ann
- Baskerville-Burrows, Jennifer Lynn, 1966-
- Biddle, Lindsay Louise
- Chapa, Cynthia Marie
- Daniels, Paul
- Eberhart, Len
- Foland, Terry E.
- Granade, Nelson (N. Nelson)
- Hesterman, Lowell H.
- Hobgood, Chris
- Kolin, Lucy
- Morseth, Ellen
- Partners for Sacred Places
- Rasmussen, Tanya Stormo
- Spencer, Keith
- Waldkoening, Gilson A.C.
- Alban Institute
- Subjects
- Church management
- Small churches
- Parishes
- Church closures - United States
- Parishes - Psychology
- Pastoral theology
- Change - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Church buildings
- ISBN
- 1-56699-263-X
- Call Number
- BV 652 E54 2002
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)