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Raising the Roof

The Pastoral-To-Program Size Transition

  • Paperback
  • 184 pages
  • Publisher: Alban Institute, Inc
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm

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For church leaders facing growth challenges.

"Raising the Roof" helps navigate size transitions.

You’ll build a stronger, more engaged congregation.

Discover effective strategies to help your church grow from a pastoral to a program size with Alice Mann's insightful guide, "Raising the Roof."

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Pastoral-to-program size change is frequently described as the most challenging of growth transitions for congregations. Now Alban senior consultant Alice Mann, author of The In-Between Church: Navigating Size Transitions in Congregations, addresses the difficulties of that transition in this resource designed specifically for a congregational learning team. Conceptualized and developed by Mann for an Alban on-line seminar program test event conducted with 12 congregations in transition, her newest book features a five-step process enabling the learning team to engage a wider circle of congregational leaders and members in study, discernment, and planning. Never-before published resources include discussion of a major new concept--passive barriers to growth--plus Mann's "System Change Index" tool to help congregations measure their progress from pastoral-size to program-size ways of operating. From preparing the congregation's board and members, selecting the person to guide the learning process, and recruiting the learning team, to creating and celebrating a plan for congregational learning and action, Mann provides all the resources a congregation needs to address this significant size transition period.

  • Title

    Raising the Roof

  • Author

    Alice Mann

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Alban Institute, Inc

  • Published

    December 2001

  • Weight

    277g

  • Page Count

    184

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781566992541

  • ISBN-10

    1566992540

  • Eden Code

    4274136