Drawing on the resources of five other volumes in the series, Transforming Vestries creates a single source designed specifically for this governing body. The chapters highlight the nature – and the needs – of vestry membership: stewardship, leadership, evangelism, discipleship, and vital congregational life.
Jadual kandungan
A Note from the Publisher
Series Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Leadership as Sacramental Vocation
Katherine Tyler Scott
Chapter 2: With Open and Courageous Hearts: 47 Tools for Evangelism
David Gortner
Chapter 3: Making Disciples
Linda L. Grenz
Chapter 4: The Vital Congregation
James Lemler
Chapter 5: Suggested Routes in Stewardship
C. K. Robertson
Mengenai Pengarang
James Lemler is priest-in-charge of historic Christ Episcopal Church in Greenwich, Connecticut and the former Director of Mission for the Episcopal Church. He has also served the church as a leading pastor and preacher, former dean of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and a consultant in the area of philanthropy, stewardship, and congregational development. He resides in Greenwich, Connecticut.