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	• Studying Congregations: A New Handbook Nancy Ammerman, Jackson Carroll, ... Abingdon Press, 1998 - 226 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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Helpful book for analyzing congregations

This book provides a step-by-step process for analyzing a congregation-- its theology, context, culture and identity, dynamics, resources, and leadership. For church leaders looking for ways to figure out what's *really* been happening in a congregation, what its mission might be, and where it might be headed, this is a valuable book!

Good ideas, bad illistrations

The ideas and methods that this book presents are very good and useful. I have used some of them in my own ministry. Some of the illistrations that the author uses are very liberal illistrations to make her point.

Studying Congregations Review

The book is great. It outlines how to study a congregation with objectivity as the key. It also provides sample surveys, which is great. Good for individuals or for group research.

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Specific in focus, excellent in application

The book is specific in focus and excellent in application.
It is everything it is presented to be.

Studying Congregations: A New Handbook is a revised and updated edition of Handbook for Congregational Studies, replacing that previous text.

In this new edition, the authors update what has become the primary textbook in the field of congregational studies in the seminary classroom. Studying Congregations: A New Handbook will also be a useful reference for pastors, denominational leaders, and strategic planning committees. It includes Appendix A: Parish Profile Inventory and Appendix B: Standard Demographic and Religious Involvement Variables.

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