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Found in the Middle! Theology and Ethics for Christians Who Are Both Liberal and Evangelical
Wesley J. Wildman and Stephen Chapin Garner

Found in the Middle! offers a foundational approach to the theology and ethics that undergird a congregation where moderate Christians can thrive. Wildman and Garner serve as helpful guides on a quest for a humble theology, an intelligible gospel message, a compelling view of church unity, and a radical ethics deeply satisfying to most Christians with both liberal and evangelical instincts. more

A Ready Hope: Effective Disaster Ministry for Congregations
Kathryn M. Haueisen and Carol H. Flores

A Ready Hope is an initiation for people of faith who are new to the ministry of disaster preparedness and response. By disaster most people usually mean something that results in significant loss, destruction, hardship, and injury or death to the residents of an area. more

Governance and Ministry: Rethinking Board Leadership
Dan Hotchkiss

In Governance and Ministry, Alban Institute senior consultant Dan Hotchkiss offers congregational leaders a roadmap and tools for changing the way boards and clergy work together to lead congregations. Hotchkiss demonstrates that the right governance model is the one that best enables a congregation to fulfill its mission—to achieve both the outward results and the inward quality of life to which it is called. more

Learning the Way: Reclaiming Wisdom from the Earliest Christian Communities
Cassandra D. Carkuff Williams

How should the church respond to the changing cultural and societal changes going on around it? Should it reject the historical traditions that served the early Christian church or should it turn a blind eye to the changes happening in modern society? Neither, as Cassandra D. Carkuff Williams advocates—it should and it must recover and reclaim our foundations and reinterpret them in light of present-day realities. more

Promise and Peril: Understanding and Managing Change and Conflict in Congregations
David R. Brubaker

Congregations cannot exist without finances, priorities, leadership, worship, and decision making, yet these five aspects of congregational life breed the most conflict between church members and clergy. These conflicts unfortunately tend to bring about the most negative consequences: drops in giving, resignation of leaders, and perhaps most pointedly loss of members. more

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