03154nam 2200625 450 991080877540332120230808193223.01-56699-784-4(CKB)3710000000685696(EBL)4503893(SSID)ssj0001673767(PQKBManifestationID)16472329(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001673767(PQKBWorkID)15013215(PQKB)11071971(PQKBManifestationID)16472589(PQKB)21122526(MiAaPQ)EBC4503893(DLC) 2016008455(EXLCZ)99371000000068569620160904h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMemories, hopes, and conversations appreciative Inquiry, missional engagement, and congregational change /Mark Lau Branson2nd ed.Lanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2016.©20161 online resource (287 p.)"An Alban Institute Book."1-56699-783-6 1-56699-782-8 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Detailed Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; PART I. APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY AND CONGREGATIONAL CHANGE; Chapter 1. Beginning Change: Weariness to Anticipation; Chapter 2. Design and Theory: Frameworks for Appreciative Inquiry; Chapter 3. Engaging Scripture: Memory, Thanksgiving, and Conversational Reflections; Chapter 4. Shaping a People through Appreciative Questions: Initiate, Inquire; Chapter 5. Provoking Creative Change: Imagine, Innovate; PART II. FIVE CHURCH NARRATIVES: HOW DID APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS?Chapter 6. New Covenant United Methodist Church-Cumberland, MarylandChapter 7. Akron Mennonite Church-Akron, Pennsylvania; Chapter 8. Community Bible Church-Pasadena, California; Chapter 9. Camberwell Baptist Church-Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 10. Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church-Quarryville, Pennsylvania; III. SCRIPTS AND SCHEDULES; Chapter 11. Scripts; Chapter 12. Schedules; Notes; Resources; About the Author and ContributorsIn this updated edition, Mark Lau Branson outlines a process that any congregation can utilize to harness the energies of the congregation at all levels of its common life. Branson first leads readers through the foundations of Appreciative Inquiry and bracingly explores biblical texts for understanding the practice in a faith context.Canvassing (Church work)Church renewalAppreciative inquiryCanvassing (Church work)Case studiesCanvassing (Church work)Church renewal.Appreciative inquiry.Canvassing (Church work)253/.7Branson Mark Lau1707471MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808775403321Memories, hopes, and conversations4095722UNINA