Tattered Trust: Is There Hope for Your Denomination? (Ministry for the Third Millennium Series) - Softcover

Schaller, Lyle E

9780687057405: Tattered Trust: Is There Hope for Your Denomination? (Ministry for the Third Millennium Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 068705740X ISBN 13: 9780687057405

Publisher: ABNDP - Abingdon Press, 1996

As a church consultant in more than thirty-five denominations for over thirty years, Lyle Schaller is an unrepentant denominationalist. He acknowledges the advantages that independent churches enjoy, and he admits that the future of denominations may be compromised by the "doctrine of ascending liability." But in this book he argues that there is hope for denominations. With special focus on The United Methodist Church, Southern Baptist Convention, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Episcopal Church, and Presbyterian Church (USA), he offers seven specific scenarios that local church and denominational officials can pursue as each church leader confronts the opportunity of whether to be a victim or a reformer.

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From the Back Cover:

All Protestant denominations face difficult times ahead. Some are merely surviving financial crisis. Many have no compelling direction regarding missions and evangelism. Most are in denial about the outcome. What will happen to your denomination? Will you be a victim or a reformer? Will you relax and enjoy a personal hobby? Will you mutter, 'Who cares?"" Or will you cut through the denial in your dysfunctional denomination and contribute to the strategies that restore the mission and that call you into ministry?

About the Author:

Lyle E. Schaller was the country's leading interpreter of congregational systems and their vitality. He was the author of dozens of books, including From Geography to Affinity, also published by Abingdon Press. He lived in Naperville, Illinois.

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