Making Your Church More Inviting: A Step-by-Step Guide for In-Church Training - Softcover

Oswald, Roy M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566990556 ISBN 13: 9781566990554

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1992

Synopsis

If you've read the book or viewed the course, now lead your church in study with this workbook approach to Alban's Inviting Church materials. Its fifteen sessions are designed to help clergy or lay leaders guide committees or study groups through a dynamic exploration of their congregation's IQ (invitation quotient). Discover how well you invite, welcome, and incorporate new members. As participants uncover the inviting elements of your church, they develop a personal witness style that emerges comfortably from their individual gifts.

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About the Author

Roy M. Oswald is an ordained Lutheran (ELCA) pastor who is emeritus executive director at the Center for Emotional Intelligence and Human Relations Skills. He served as a senior consultant for the Alban Institute for thirty-one years after serving as a church pastor. He is author or co-author of sixteen books on churches and ministry, including his most recent The Emotional Intelligence of Jesus: Relational Smarts for Religious Leaders. Nadyne Guzmán is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. Her ministry includes service as a hospital chaplain and as a consultant and coach for international organizations, developing programs for leadership development, inclusivity, transformation, and spiritual care. She has served as a professor of leadership, a researcher, and as an administrator in public schools and higher education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566990556
• ISBN 13: 9781566990554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142