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The Challenges of Pastoring a Smaller Membership Church

This article identifies ten challenges that small church pastors might face while offering...

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Church Merger Outline

This web resource, by Pastoral Care, Inc., an ecumenical organization dedicated to...

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On Living in a Dying Church

This article draws from the author's own experience, finding parallels between hospice...

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The Order of Service for the Closing of a Church

This download contains a Roman Catholic liturgy template for the closing of a church.

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Is Your Congregation a Clergy Killer? How Church-goers Matter to the Mental Health of Pastors

This web resource includes a study of 1,500 ministers in the Duke Clergy Health Initiative...

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The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World

This resource views missional churches as the best response to modern-day malaise in many...

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The Strategically Small Church: Intimate, Nimble, Authentic, and Effective

This resource argues that the most effective small church is one that sees and appreciates its...

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Leadership and Listening: Spiritual Foundations for Church Governance

This concise book presents a research-based analysis of the relationship between the processes...

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Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making the Church Matter

Written for a Roman Catholic audience, this resource calls for renewal in Roman Catholic...

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Racial Justice and the Catholic Church

This informative book analyzes the Roman Catholic Church's response to racism in America,...

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