Del 62 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series

Better Together

Making Church Mergers Work

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Av Jim Tomberlin, Warren Bird

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Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact? Church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin, with co-writer Warren Bird, makes the case that mergers today work best not with two struggling churches but with a vital, momentum-filled lead church partnering with a joining church. In this new book, they provide a complete, practical, hands-on guide for church leaders of both struggling and vibrant churches so that they can understand the issues, develop strategies, and execute a variety of forms of merger for church expansion and renewal to reinvigorate declining churches and give them a "second life."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-04-27
Mått165 x 236 x 36 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieJossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
Antal sidor272
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
MedarbetareGroseschel,Craig
ISBN9781118131305

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Jim Tomberlin, Th.M., is an ordained minister who has served in a variety of ministries, including pioneering the multisite strategy at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He is the founder of MultiSite Solutions, devoted to multisite and merger consultation. Warren Bird, Ph.D., an ordained minister, is the research director at Leadership Network. He has conducted numerous interviews and surveys on topics of church restarts, church planting, multisites, and mergers, and is the coauthor of twenty-three books including Culture Shift, Viral Churches, and The Other 80 Percent, all from Jossey-Bass.

About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xi Foreword xiiiCraig GroeschelPreface xvPart One: The New Merger Landscape 11. God Is Doing Something New: Biblical Basis for Mergers 32. Four Models for Healthy Mergers 213. Missional, Multisite, Multiethnic, and Other Merger Motives 35Part Two: How Healthy Church Mergers Work 614. Stages and Speed of a Merger 635. How to Measure Success 776. Why Mergers Fail 917. Financial and Legal Aspects of a Merger 1058. Personnel Changes 117Part Three: Your Next Steps 1279. Determining Whether Your Church Is a Good Merger Candidate 12910. How to Start the Merger Conversation 14911. Self-Assessment for Merger Readiness 16112. Exercise: Identifying Your Merger Issues 16713. Managing Pain and Change 17714. Where Do You Go from Here? 187AppendixesA. Merger Process Checklist 195B. Example of Merger Issues to Resolve 198C. FAQs Example from Bethany–Sun Valley Churches 206D. FAQs Example from Ginghamsburg Church 216E. FAQs Example from Woodside Bible Church 220F . FAQs on Preparing for a Merger Vote 223G. Churches Named 225H. Merger Research 229Acknowledgments 231Notes 233The Authors 241Index 243