商品簡介
A practical guide to the crucial role of visiting in the life of a church--a role that has grown even more important in an age when so many do not regularly attAnd church services. Presented here are 14 different forms of visiting, to reach both within the church congregation and in the community at large.
作者簡介
KENNON L. CALLAHAN, ??researcher, professor, and pastor?is one of today's most sought-after church consultants. He has worked with thousands of congregations around the world and has helped tens of thousands of church leaders and pastors through his dynamic workshops and seminars. Author of many books, he is best known for his groundbreaking study Twelve Keys to an Effective Church, which has formed the basis for the Mission Growth Movement, a widely acclaimed program for church renewal. Callahan has earned the B.A., M.Div., S.T.M., and Ph.D. degrees. His doctorate is in Systematic Theology. He has served both rural and urban congregations in Ohio, Texas, and Georgia and taught for many years at Emory University. Ken and his wife of over forty years, Julie, have two children, Ken and Mike, and three grandchildren, Blake, Mason, and Brice. They enjoy the outdoors, hiking, horseback riding, and camping.
目次
Step One: The Persons.
1. A Joyful Invitation.
2. Choosing Whom to Visit.
3. An Amazing Mission.
Step Two: Ways of Visiting.
4. Visiting Possibilities.
5. Personal Visiting.
6. Visiting in Gatherings.
7. Special Ways of Visiting.
Step Three: The Best Timing.
8. A Simple Approach.
9. Life Stages and Celebrative Events.
Step Four: Your Gifts for Visiting.
10. Gifts and Graces.
11. Training and Praying.
12. Suggestions for Visiting.
13. Excellent Sprinters, Solid Marathon Runners.
Step Five: Building Your Mission.
14. Your Visiting Outreach.
15. The Congregation's Witness.
16. The Pastor Visits.
17. Sacrament and Cloud.
