02054nam a2200169Ia 4500 231116s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97806870437120687043719 eng BV600.3 .B67 2003 Borden, Paul D. Hit the Bullseye : How Denominations can Aim Congregations at the Mission Field / Paul D. Borden Nashville : Abingdon Press, 2003 144 p. ; 22 cm. 1. Finding the right target and hitting it. Key changes for your judicatory -- Two metaphors that hinder change -- A piece of our story -- American Baptist organization -- Judicatory life for American Baptists -- 2. No accountability: no change. Changed expectation demands resources to reach expectations -- Moving from a maintenance model to a faithfulness/fruitfulness model -- Pastors and accountability -- Providing pastoral resources for new expectations -- Holding congregations accountable -- 3. Leadership * leadership * leadership. The changing church and non-changing judicatories -- A new kind of leadership for judicatories -- Leading with mission -- Leading through vision -- Leading with new values -- Leadership and structure -- New leadership for judicatories -- 4. Restoring the congregation to its rightful place. Turning the region around one -- Tools for conducting congregational consultations -- The process of conducting congregational consultations -- Using congregational consultations as a tool for change -- Protecting the risk takers -- Broadening the protection -- Moving from competition to cooperation -- 5. Discovering gold by finding new leaders. Making leadership a value -- Developing shepherds into leaders -- Recruiting new leaders -- Elements of the "growth track" process -- 6. Organizing congregations for mission. Adapting the John Carver model of governance -- A strategy for changing structure -- Theological assumptions -- Mission determines polity -- A final piece of the story. Church renewal.Christian leadership. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2023-11-21 0 BV600.3 .B67 2003 00032161 2023-11-21 14:47:40 2023-11-21 BK 50638 50638