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- catalog contributor b947904.
- catalog coverage "United States Religion.".
- catalog created "1937.".
- catalog date "1937".
- catalog date "1937.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1937.".
- catalog description "Part One: American leadership as it has been molded by American protestant churches -- I. The institution as a setting for leadership -- Some characteristics of contemporary American churches -- Significance of local churches -- Some factors of division and unification within church groups -- II. Leadership as it occurs in church groups -- Characteristics of leadership -- Leadership of church groups -- Organizational, ethical, and community leadership -- The measuring of success -- Lay interest and needs to which pastors appeal -- Pastoral techniques of persuasion -- Some problems confronting the church leader -- a. Theological adaptation -- b. Institutionalization -- c. Councils of programs -- d. The nurturing of lay leadership -- e. Development of a constituency -- f. Social Problems -- III. Protestant ministers and their training -- Ministers in the field -- Seminaries -- Theological students -- IV. Three types of Church patters -- Basis for selecting three types -- ".
- catalog description "Roles of Pastor and laymen in democratic churches -- VIII. The demands of youth -- Regarding church function -- Regarding social activities -- Regarding administrative responsibility -- Less disagreement on other subjects -- Attendance and loyalty of young people -- Validity of the demands of youth.".
- catalog description "The three types : The priestly type, the individualistic type, the democratic type -- Premises underlying church patterns -- Social utility of the three types -- Part Two: Other factors conditioning leadership -- V. Uncertainty as to function -- What do the crhuhces say they are doing? -- What are the churches actually doing? Formulation of statement of function -- von Wiese's challenge to contemporary church patters -- New York Methodists on church function -- VI. Demand for doctrinal change -- Some doctrines are questions -- Ministers' and laymen's attitude on change -- Problems created for church leaders -- Comment on security and doctrine -- Comment of theological adaptation -- VII. Distance between laymen and clergy -- A dilemma -- Expediting administration vs. democratic relations -- Preparation for pastors for democratic leadership -- Pastors and laymen in successful democratic churches -- Relations with other organizations -- Church boards and democratic relations -- ".
- catalog extent "xiii, 250 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Our changing churches.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Our changing churches.".
- catalog issued "1937".
- catalog issued "1937.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Association Press,".
- catalog relation "Our changing churches.".
- catalog spatial "United States Religion.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "BV652.1 .V55 1937".
- catalog subject "Christianity United States 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Clergy United States.".
- catalog subject "Protestant churches United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part One: American leadership as it has been molded by American protestant churches -- I. The institution as a setting for leadership -- Some characteristics of contemporary American churches -- Significance of local churches -- Some factors of division and unification within church groups -- II. Leadership as it occurs in church groups -- Characteristics of leadership -- Leadership of church groups -- Organizational, ethical, and community leadership -- The measuring of success -- Lay interest and needs to which pastors appeal -- Pastoral techniques of persuasion -- Some problems confronting the church leader -- a. Theological adaptation -- b. Institutionalization -- c. Councils of programs -- d. The nurturing of lay leadership -- e. Development of a constituency -- f. Social Problems -- III. Protestant ministers and their training -- Ministers in the field -- Seminaries -- Theological students -- IV. Three types of Church patters -- Basis for selecting three types -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Roles of Pastor and laymen in democratic churches -- VIII. The demands of youth -- Regarding church function -- Regarding social activities -- Regarding administrative responsibility -- Less disagreement on other subjects -- Attendance and loyalty of young people -- Validity of the demands of youth.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The three types : The priestly type, the individualistic type, the democratic type -- Premises underlying church patterns -- Social utility of the three types -- Part Two: Other factors conditioning leadership -- V. Uncertainty as to function -- What do the crhuhces say they are doing? -- What are the churches actually doing? Formulation of statement of function -- von Wiese's challenge to contemporary church patters -- New York Methodists on church function -- VI. Demand for doctrinal change -- Some doctrines are questions -- Ministers' and laymen's attitude on change -- Problems created for church leaders -- Comment on security and doctrine -- Comment of theological adaptation -- VII. Distance between laymen and clergy -- A dilemma -- Expediting administration vs. democratic relations -- Preparation for pastors for democratic leadership -- Pastors and laymen in successful democratic churches -- Relations with other organizations -- Church boards and democratic relations -- ".
- catalog title "Our changing churches; a study of church leadership, by Joseph Van Vleck, jr.".
- catalog type "text".