Church Reform and Leadership of Change
Reforms and processes of change have become an increasingly pervasive characteristic of European Protestant churches in the last fifteen to twenty years. Driven by perceptions of crises, such as declining membership rates, dwindling finances, decreasing participation in church rituals, and less supp...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Eugene
Wipf and Stock Publishers
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Church of Sweden Research Series
v.12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church reform
/ Congregational leadership
/ Organizational change
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Church renewal B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: Askeland, Harald: Church Reform and Leadership of Change. - Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers,c2015. - 9781498223324 |
| Summary: | Reforms and processes of change have become an increasingly pervasive characteristic of European Protestant churches in the last fifteen to twenty years. Driven by perceptions of crises, such as declining membership rates, dwindling finances, decreasing participation in church rituals, and less support of traditional church doctrine, but also changes of governance of religion more generally, many churches feel compelled to explore new forms of operations, activities, and organizational structures. What is the inner dynamic and nature of these processes? This book explores this question by appl _GoBack -- _GoBack -- Editing |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 149822332X |