Congregational Fitness: Healthy Practices for Layfolk

Praise for the Book

“Attention, local church leaders! Sooner or later conflict will visit your congregation. But you need not collapse under the stress. Help is available. Read Denise Goodman's book on Congregational Fitness, and you will be fit. Know what conflict can do to a congregation. Follow the practical, step-by-step suggestions that Goodman offers, and build up your capacity to deal conflict before it is upon you. Be prepared.” —Douglas A.Walrath

“At last! Lay people are given an equal share in shaping a congregation's life: a resource on congregational well-being especially designed for them! Denise Goodman's book offers congregational lay leaders the insights and information they need to help their congregations become places of joy, fruitfulness, and resiliency. She also openly shares her own strategies for self-care, so vital for a lay leader caught in the midst of congregational distress. Denise offers the gift of her wisdom in this helpful, down-to-earth resource, which reads like a quiet chat with a wise and seasoned companion.” —The Rt. Rev. Chilton Knudsen