Leading Congregational Change Workbook,9780787948856

Leading Congregational Change Workbook

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780787948856
ISBN10: 0787948853
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-02-10
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

A Leadership Network Publication With this much-needed handbook, the authors brilliantly combine their experience guiding dozens of churches through the change process with both the study of Christian disciplines and the sophisticated understanding of such important business thinkers as John Kotter on leading change and Peter Senge on learning organizations. In this eminently readable book the authors have distilled their insights and practices into simple but powerful concepts for leading congregations, whether long established or recently formed, through profound change. Leaders using this guide will also be interested in the companion Leading Congregational Change Workbook, which offers assessment questions, planning worksheets, activities, and case examples for each stage of the process.

Author Biography

JIM HERRINGTON is executive director of Mission Houston, an interdenominational, multicultural pastoral effort to transform the city of Houston. MIKE BONEM is president and cofounder of Kingdom Transformation Partners, a church consulting and training firm based in Houston. JAMES H. FURR is senior church consultant with Union Baptist Association and adjunct professor of sociology at Houston Baptist University.

Table of Contents

About This Workbook xi
PART ONE: VITALITY AND LEADERSHIP DISCIPLINES 1(26)
Spiritual and Relational Vitality: The Driving Force of Transformational Change
3(5)
Bible Study and Reflection
5(1)
Assessment of Spiritual and Relational Vitality
6(1)
Additional Suggestions to Build Spiritual and Relational Vitality
6(2)
Discipline One: Generating and Sustaining Creative Tension
8(4)
Assessing Personal Tendencies in Dealing with Tension
9(1)
Setting Meaningful Goals
9(1)
Leader's Capacity to Sustain Creative Tension
10(1)
Congregational Response to Creative Tension
11(1)
Discipline Two: Harnessing the Power of Mental Models
12(4)
Images of the Church
13(1)
Recognizing Mental Models That Affect Our Congregation
14(1)
Ladder of Inference
15(1)
Discipline Three: Enabling Team Learning
16(5)
Assessing Your Attitude Toward Teams
18(1)
Empathic Listening
18(1)
Distinguishing Between Dialogue and Discussion
19(1)
Determining Where Teams Are Needed
19(2)
Discipline Four: Practicing Systems Thinking
21(6)
Congregational Self-Assessment
22(1)
Congregational Systems Analysis
23(1)
High-Leverage Intervention
23(4)
PART TWO: THE EIGHT-STAGE CHANGE PROCESS 27(76)
Stage 1: Making Personal Preparation
29(5)
Bible Study Suggestions
29(1)
Self-Assessment---Personal Issues
30(1)
Self-Assessment---Leadership Style
31(1)
Accountability Partnership
32(1)
Personal Mission Statement
32(2)
Stage 2: Creating Urgency
34(4)
Bible Study Suggestions
35(1)
Raising Congregational Awareness and Sense of Urgency
35(1)
Understanding God's Ideal
36(1)
Assessment of Current Reality
36(2)
Stage 3: Establishing the Vision Community
38(6)
Bible Study Suggestions
39(1)
Enlisting the Vision Community
39(1)
Community-Building Exercise
40(2)
Training for New Vision Community Members
42(1)
Style Preferences of Vision Community Members
42(2)
Stage 4: Discerning the Vision and Determining the Visionpath
44(6)
Bible Study Suggestions
45(1)
Group Exercise for Discerning God's Vision for the Congregation
46(1)
Drafting a Vision Statement
47(1)
Vision Statement Feedback and Revisions
48(1)
Congregational Approval
48(2)
Stage 5: Communicating the Vision
50(5)
Bible Study Suggestion
51(1)
Communication Planning
51(2)
Small Group Meetings
53(1)
Communication Evaluation
54(1)
Stage 6: Empowering Change Leaders
55(6)
Bible Study Suggestions
56(1)
Leadership Assessment
56(1)
Leadership Development
57(1)
Organizational Assessment
58(1)
Measurement Systems
58(3)
Stage 7: Implementing the Vision
61(6)
Bible Study Suggestion
62(1)
Implementation Priorities
63(1)
Implementation Planning
63(2)
Implementation Review
65(1)
Implementation Coordination
65(2)
Stage 8: Reinforcing Momentum Through Alignment
67(36)
Bible Study Suggestion
68(1)
Role of the Vision Community
68(1)
Assessing Progress Toward the Vision
69(1)
Communicating and Celebrating Progress
69(1)
Alignment of Members with the Vision
70(1)
Alignment of Ministries with the Vision
70(1)
Ongoing Vision and Visionpath Modification
71(3)
Resource A: Resource Organizations
74(4)
Resource B: An Annotated Bibliography of Useful Publications
78(3)
Resource C: Questionnaires, Inventories, and Other Data-Gathering Resources
81(14)
Resource D: Congregational Bodylife Model
95(3)
Resource E: Congregational Self-Assessment
98(5)
References 103(1)
The Authors 104(3)
About Leadership Network 107

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