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Strategies for Change

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ISBN-10: 0687396735

ISBN-13: 9780687396733

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lyle E. Schaller

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List price: $18.99
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 5/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Lyle E. Schaller is the most widely read and respected writer on congregational life today. He is the author of dozens of books on congregational life and vitality. He live in Naperville, Illinois.

Introduction
Covenant Community or Voluntary Association?
Covenant Community Versus Voluntary Association
What Are the Cohesive Forces?
Trust or Consensus?
Edict or Process?
Who Is the Client?
Past or Future Orientation?
Charisma or Goals?
What Is the Climate?
Is This an Adversarial Environment?
Is Apathy Worse?
Who Has a Voice?
Is Complacency the Issue?
Is This a Supportive Environment?
If Not, What Do We Do Next?
What About That Adversarial Climate?
What About That Benevolent Dictator?
Who Stirs Up the Discontent?
Who Identifies That Discrepancy?
A Crucial Distinction
Three Alternatives
Why Do Coalitions Fail?
Who Gave You the Authority?
Authority or Power?
The North American Spectrum
From Given to Earned
Nations and Denominations
The Big Illusion
The First Lesson
Two More Lessons
A Fourth Lesson
A Fifth Lesson
Eight Sources
The Parish Context
One Discordant Note
Questions
Who Decides?
How Did It Happen?
Four Lessons
But Is That Democratic?
Who Can Conceptualize Tomorrow?
Who Controls?
What Is the Issue?
What Is Your Strategy?
Three Levels of Change
A Five Step Sequence
That Crucial Second Step
That Often Overlooked Third Step
The Fourth Step
The Fifth Step
A Checklist for Change Agents
Reform or Create?
What Are Your Assumptions?
What Are the Choices?
Who Are the Victims?
Three Scenarios
Expanding the Sunday Morning Schedule
The Toughest Call of All
Why Did It Work?
Notes