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Memories, hopes, and conversations : appreciative Inquiry, missional engagement, and congregational change / / Mark Lau Branson



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Autore: Branson Mark Lau Visualizza persona
Titolo: Memories, hopes, and conversations : appreciative Inquiry, missional engagement, and congregational change / / Mark Lau Branson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016
©2016
Edizione: 2nd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
Disciplina: 253/.7
Soggetto topico: Canvassing (Church work)
Church renewal
Appreciative inquiry
Note generali: "An Alban Institute Book."
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Contributors
Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Memories, hopes, and conversations  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-56699-784-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808775403321
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