The Multigenerational congregation : meeting the leadership challenge
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog4195
- Author
- Rendle, Gil (Gilbert R.)
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 652.1 R452 2002
- Author
- Rendle, Gil (Gilbert R.)
- Place of Publication
- [Bethesda MD]
- Publisher
- Alban Institute
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- vii, 150 p. ; 23 x 15.3 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "[By] Gil Rendle".
- Includes bibliographical references, p. [143]-147.
- "Congregations need to learn new cultural languages and practices in order to speak and be heard by new generations of people. But how do congregations enter the wilderness of ministry with these new generations when many of those in the entourage do not appreciate the trip ? In contrast to many writers about church growth, Gil Rendle works with three important observations: Most congregations are not `pure markets', discrete groups with uniform values and behaviors, that can be targeted to the exclusion of all other audiences; Some of the differences and discomforts experienced in the congregation are based on members' tenure, or length of membership, rather than their age; Leadership in congregations is not a matter of marketplace savvy but of spiritual authenticity in which we continue to shape our faith tradition to be heard and understood by a changing culture. Rendle shows us how to talk with and really understand one generational cohort while another cohort is present `looking over one's shoulder'." -- inside front cover.
- Contents: Foreword / Lovett H. Weems, Jr. -- Introduction -- Ministry in an Impure Market -- Quiet Changes: The Bimodal Congregation -- Biblical Glimpses of Congregational Life -- Looking at the Parts -- Biblical Glimpses: Part II -- Living in the New Congregation -- Biblical Glimpses: Part III -- "In a Mirror Dimly": Dynamics of Bimodal Congregations -- "What's a Leader to Do ?": Leadership in the Middle -- Passing the Faith On -- Notes -- Resources for Next Steps.
- Author is a Senior Consultant at the Alban Institute and an ordained cleric in the United Methodist Church.
- Series
- Alban Institute publication ; AL 244
- Added Entry
- Alban Institute
- Weems, Lovett H., 1946-
- Subjects
- Christian leadership
- Church management
- Intergenerational relations
- Generations - United States
- ISBN
- 1-56699-252-4
- Call Number
- BV 652.1 R452 2002
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)