Resources for Ministry and Mission in Uncertain Times

On Demand Webinar

Ministry and Mission in Uncertain Times, an online conversation with Alban Senior Consultants Susan Beaumont and Alice Mann (60 minutes).

E-Book

Ministry and Mission in Uncertain Times, a collection of articles.

Books

Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times. Peter Steinke's latest book is a must read if the economic crisis is creating anxiety in your congregation. This long-awaited volume by internationally respected consultant and Alban best-selling author Peter Steinke will both enlighten and embolden leaders. With anxiety intensifying and penetrating more and more areas of our lives, leaders cannot be as anxious as the people they serve.

Creating the Future Together This book by Billie Alban and Loren Mead will help congregational leaders face their challenges in a rapidly changing world. Balancing new concerns with core values is a complicated process that can leave too many members feeling that their voices and needs are not being met. This book explores methods for working in large groups to address the challenges brought on by these uncertain times.

Power of Asset Mapping: How a Congregation can Act on Its Gifts. 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.

Memories, Hopes, and Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry and Congregational Change. Mark Lau Branson invites us into a process for forming missional congregations rooted in the conviction that God’s future is among God’s people. The frameworks of Appreciative Inquiry are presented through the story of one congregation struggling to articulate its identity when so much had changed. More than theory, it’s the life experience of a congregation. In its story are the resources for shaping the narratives of your congregation.

Articles

"Reframing as Spiritual Change: Transforming Hopelessness into Wholeness" by Diana Butler Bass.

"The Problem Trap" by Larry Peers

"Leading for the Future" by Jeffrey Jones

"Planning as Holy Conversation" by Alice Mann and Gil Rendle

"Our Worth Comes from God, not Money" by James Hudnut-Beumler

"Knowing Your Community, Defining Your Mission" by Joy Skjegstad

Learning Events

Our Seminars make available the in depth knowledge and broad practical experience of our senior consultants in an interactive format with your peers.

Our Workshops draw on the gifts of Alban authors who themselves are usually practitioners of ministry who offer you the chance to explore with them the ways that their work in particular areas, or on special themes, can contribute to the growth and transformation of your own leadership gifts.

Our Webinars, Podcasts, and blog posts on the Alban Roundtable, as well as our Facebook page and Twitter feed, bring Alban resources right to you online, and in a timely fashion, in either live discussions or on-demand recordings that you can access at your convenience.

Partnerships

We also make available our programs and resources in Partnerships with organizations such as the Fund for Theological Education, the Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center, Andover Newton Theological School, Center for Renewal, and the National Association of Church Business Administrators.

And we can provide Custom Events, Workshop Leaders, and Keynote Speakers for congregations, denominational gatherings, and other organizations who are seeking resources for their own programming needs.