Carl Dudley

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  Next Steps In Community Ministry

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  Dudley and a research team go back to 24 ministries still in existence five years after the Church and Community Project’s completion. They discovered:

  how the myths and expectations of funding, lay/clergy leadership, and church/society partnerships were shattered by what is doable;
  how the often Herculean efforts frustrated and tired participants, who were then uplifted and sustained by making a difference;
  how faith was the foundation for action, and how, through action, the poor, the homeless, and others in need became real people and not statistics.
  Perhaps most important is the discovery that community ministry takes shape in ways unique to local issues of theology, church size, social location, and cultural composition.

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  Studying Congregations : A New Handbook (Revised)

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  224 Pages

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  A revised and updated edition of Handbook for Congregational Studies—the leading textbook in the field. Using a comprehensive systems approach, this volume helps you analyze the ministries, stories, and processes at work in congregations. Examine the sociological, anthropological, and demographic aspects of church bodies, and be better equipped for church planning and cultivating leadership skills.

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  Energizing The Congregation

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  ENERGIZING THE CONGREGATION, images that shape your church’s ministry. This study suggests that there are many appropriate ways for congregations to be in mission. The authors conclude that churches are revitalized by claiming the symbols that best articulate self-identity. Thus, churches gain the knowledge to build on their strengths and address their weaknesses. Dudley and Johnson describe five images of churches relationships to their communities over time: the survivor, prophet, pillar, pilgrim and servant styles, which are found in a wide variety of congregations and situations.

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