Description
Churches experiencing numerical and financial decline may dread the day when they can no longer afford a full-time pastor. Freeing up funds that would go to a full-time salary sure would help the budgetmaybe even enough to turn things aroundbut is it even possible to run effective ministries with just a half- or quarter-time professional? Journalist and part-time pastor Jeffrey MacDonald says yeschurches can grow more vibrant than ever, tapping into latent energy and undiscovered gifts, revitalizing worship, and engaging in more effective ministry with the community.Readers get a much-needed playbook forhelping congregations to thrive with a part-time ministry model. They learn to see the model in a new light: to stop viewing part-time as a problem to be eradicated and to instead embrace it as a divine gift that facilitates a higher level of lay engagement, responsibility, playfulness, and creativity.
Author: G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 04/07/2020
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9780664265991
ISBN10: 0664265995
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Church | Administration
- Religion | Christian Ministry | Pastoral Resources
- Religion | Christian Church | Growth