Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Church Historian
Author | : General Commission on Archives and History |
Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2012-11-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781426754487 |
ISBN-13 | : 1426754485 |
Rating | : 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Download or read book Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Church Historian written by General Commission on Archives and History and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have been asked to be your church's historian, or you have just found a box of old records. What do you keep? How do you store the materials? How do you preserve them? What good is all this? As part of celebrating you church's anniversary, you want to write a history of your church. How do you start? Some of your church's leaders are aging. You want to record their memories. How do you prepare to interview them and what do you ask? This booklet offers some answers and suggested ways to get more help. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines that cover church leadership areas including Church Council and Small Membership Church; the administrative areas of Finance and Trustees; and ministry areas focused on nurture, outreach, and witness including Worship, Evangelism, Stewardship, Christian Education, age-level ministries, Communications, and more. To see a full list of Guidelines, search by typing keywords: “Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016,” and click “search”.