The Power of Asset Mapping: How Your Congregation Can Act on Its Gifts

Luther K. Snow

Asset mapping isn’t a new system or theory. It’s a way of thinking, a doorway into an “open-sum” perspective rooted in the Bible and common experience. The Power of Asset Mapping, by long-time community developer Luther K. Snow, shows congregational leaders how to help a group recognize its assets and the abundance of God’s gifts and to act on them in ministry and mission.

Congregations will find the book easy to read and immediately useful. Leaders can begin with the tested Quick and Simple Asset Mapping Experience to strengthen and inspire any group in the congregation in as little as an hour. Futher tips, techniques, stories, and lessons drawn from the experience of diverse congregations will help readers discover how asset mapping works. Finally, Snow provides lessons about why asset mapping strengthens faith and community.

With Snow’s guidance, readers will find new, positive energy to break out of the negative cycles of need, dependency, and inaction that sometimes trap congregations. As they experience asset mapping, they will learn how God empowers us. Snow shows us how to turn over control and open ourselves to the unexpected and amazing gifts of God. Foreword by John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann. 

 

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Praise for the Book
“This book is revolutionary in the best sense of the word. Both inspiring and useful, it does a beautiful job of combining spirit and practice.” —Peter Block

“Action-oriented love can change things. That’s my conclusion after reading this how-to book that offers much more than instructions.” —Brother David Andrews 

About the Author

Snow,LutherLuther K. Snow has worked with congregations and community and faith-based organizations on asset building for more than twenty-five years. He served as the director of the Congregational Asset Mapping Project for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He now conducts workshops and offers consulting to congregations and community organizations.

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ISBN# 1-56699-294-X
Alban No. AL284
paper, 148 pages
2004

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$18.00 ($14.40 for members)



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