Small on purpose : life in a significant church / Lewis Parks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parks, Lewis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (77 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : Abingdon Press, 2017.

Summary:

Your small church can do ministry that is unique and necessary in your community. Learn how and celebrate!.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: An Exercise in Selective Amnesia

Naming Church

The Gifts of the Spirit to Every Church of Any Size

Memory Restored

Chapter 2: Maintaining Worship

Clues to Local Religious Creativity

The Search for Local Religious Creativity

Maintaining with Excellence

Chapter 3: Soul Care

Soul Care and Church Size

Soul Care and Stories

Soul Care with Excellence

Chapter 4: Order

The Great Campaign against Chaos

Dynamic Equilibrium

Chapter 5: Buildings

First Appreciate . . .

Then Act

The Special Case of a Small Church in an Oversized Building

Chapter 6: A Significant Church

Is the Small Church You Talk about a Fiction?

How Serious Can You Be with a Part-Time Pastor?

What If You Are on the Wrong Side of History?

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 10, 2017).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5018-2733-2

OCLC:

984744531