How Your Church Family Works

Peter L. Steinke is an internationally respected congregational systems consultant who has also served as a parish pastor, an educator, and a therapist for clergy. He is the author of the best-selling book Healthy Congregations.

How Your Church Family Works is one of the most insightful books I’ve read in a long time. . . .I’ll be mulling over these systems thinking concepts for years to come. . . .[This book is] worth reading a.s.a.p.

Dr. Steinke helps readers understand the complex relationships of the family unit, while also discovering ways to make these relationships work more effectively.

Here's a book that sheds light on the puzzle presented by troubled congregations. Steinke's insights from the theory of family systems lead clergy and laity to deeper understanding and discernment rather than to easy answers and quick fixes. . . . After years of trying to deal with the church from a fatigued, business oriented model, I found in this book a better way to think about how congregations work, or (I should say) relate—especially in crisis.