The Changing Face of the Church: Emerging Models of Parish Leadership

Changes in the Catholic Church are happening everywhere, not least in the area of pastoral planning. Based on the experiences of more than 500 of today's pastoral leaders in the Catholic Church, The Changing Face of Church documents the best practices for approaching the massive, rapidly evolving challenge of pastoral planning.

A hopeful view of the Church's future and its leadership comes through clearly from those who were interviewed for this book, and the you-can-do-it-too message is sure to bolster readers in their own pastoral planning efforts.

Marti R. Jewell, DMin, now on the faculty of the School of Ministry at the University of Dallas, was the director of the Emerging Models Project from 2003 to 2009.

David A. Ramey is a strategic planning and organizational development consultant. He is the author of Empowering Leaders.