Leadership
The Songs We Sing
[Extracted from a newsgroup: worth considering]. >This I understand very well as a result of my study of theology and my 30 >years of sitting in your pews. It does not address the problem. If you >don’t understand the problem you cannot address it. Church excludes rather >than includes. It is based on hierarchical power […]
Double Binds Of Ministry
by Kevin Miller A psychologist friend speaks often about “double binds” – two contradictory expectations placed on a person. Both expectations cannot be met; it’s impossible. When faced with a double bind, no matter what you do, you are inevitably wrong. As a country singer might put it, “When you’re wrong, you’re wrong, and when […]
The Uniting Church In Australia (Ncls Findings)
April 9, 2002 Old church is new – church statistics show The Uniting Church in Australia is getting older. About 56 per cent of its members are now over the age of 60, and those aged 70-plus make up more than a third of the church’s numbers. But statistics emerging from last year’s National Church […]
Speaking Truth In The Postmodern World
How does the Church speak “Truth” in a world that refuses the notion of universal truth? Author Thomas Hohstadt shares brief insights from his coming book: The Language of the Future: Speaking Truth in the Postmodern World. THIS HISTORICAL MOMENT . We are witnessing the biggest overthrow in the history of Christianity. It ends 6,000 […]
Following Up Non-Attenders
“Bridge Builder” wrote in message . > > “Mark Tindall” wrote in message > . > > Bridge Builder wrote: > My thinking (I have not had huge experience – someone like Rowland probably > has) concerning the motivations of pastors who clash with those disaffected > is that they often motivations of insecurity. The […]
Small Churches Face Many Challenges, Study Says
[May 2002] Small churches in America face “many challenges,” including fewer men in the pews, once-a-week gatherings and fewer newcomers at services. Those are some of the findings of a study that interviewed 300,000 worshipers in 2,200 congregations of all faiths in the 50 states, The Washington Times reported. Released this week, the Congregational Life […]
Kierkegaard On Worship
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), a great theologian, was born in Copenhagen in the early nineteenth century. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen and then spent two years in Germany before he returned to Copenhagen, where he lived the rest of his life. Although his writings covered many areas of the Christian faith, he was particularly […]
Role Of The Pastor’s Wife
>From a pastor… I opened up on an article in [an e-list]. The header seemed to entice: “Marriage to a minister – still a unique role”. I thought, this will be interesting. I’m afraid that by the end of the article I was still no wiser. I had hoped that some of the real issues […]
Institutions
Remember G. K. Chesterton’s observation? ‘Getting things done (institutionally) is like elephants mating: it is done at a high level, accomplished with a great deal of roaring and screaming, and takes two years to produce results, which sometimes fall to the ground with a thud!’
The Future Of The Church In [Your Town/Area] [1]
If we want to know what’s to happen in the future, we begin by studying history and then examining trends. (But let’s not forget that some future events will not have been forethought by anyone – like the suddenness of the collapse of communist regimes in Russia and Eastern Europe). I invited a conference of […]
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