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Synergy: Collaborative Ministry for All God's People - eBook
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▼▲Title: Synergy: Collaborative Ministry for All God's People - eBook By: Ann Michel Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: Abingdon Press | Publication Date: 2017 ISBN: 9781501832567 ISBN-13: 9781501832567 Stock No: WW88087EB |
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▼▲The people are the churchnot just the pastor. Yet, in many congregations there is a heavy imbalance in the ownership of ministry. Clergy and paid staff are seen as Gods agents in the world, and congregants as occasional participants. Sometimes, clergy and other leaders perpetuate this imbalance.
Ann Michel presents a more inclusive, collaborative understanding of ministry, which affirms the gifts and calling of both clergy and lay servants. She uses the concept of "synergy" as a theological framework undergirding this approach. Michel lays out an inclusive and collaborative paradigm of ministry affirming the work of both lay and clergy servants.
Synergy also provides practical advice on the day-to-day skills of synergistic or collaborative ministry how to engage others in ministry, how to build teams, how to manage meetings, how to develop others as leaders, etc. The book helps church workers, paid and unpaid, understand how their ministry relates to the mission of God and the ministry of the church, and provides practical guidance on the interpersonal ministry skills essential to any expression of collaborative ministry.
"Synergy is both a practical and deeply spiritual resource that helps provide a more collaborative way of thinking about ministry shared between clergy and laity. Ann has captured the challenges that can present themselves as laity serve in ministry not only from her research but also from her personal experience as a lay person and respected Seminary theologian, and she offers practical ways to equip laity to fully live in this call of lay servants and lay staff members. As a lay person who has served on a church staff for more than 23 years, understanding this synergistic energy articulated so well in Anns writing has reignited my passion and affirmed my call." - Debi Williams Nixon, Managing Executive Director, The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
Author Bio
▼▲Ann A. Michel is the Associate Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC
Lovett H. Weems Jr. is distinguished professor of church leadership emeritus and senior consultant of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.â·¯Weems was the founding director of the Lewis Center in 2003, coming to the position after 18 years as president of Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri. A native of Mississippi, he was a local church pastor in that state for many years. He isâ·¯a graduate of Millsaps College, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and Wesley Theological Seminary. Dr. Weems is the author of several books published by Abingdon Press, including a revised edition of his classic,â·¯Church Leadership: Vision, Team, Culture, and Integrity.Ask a Question
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