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• catalog contributor b2511437.
• catalog created "c1976.".
• catalog date "1976".
• catalog date "c1976.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1976.".
• catalog description "12: Planning and financing a building -- Need for a place -- Shared facilities -- Initial facilities -- Factors affecting future buildings -- Preliminary planning -- Long-range planning committee -- Need for an architect -- Selection of the architect -- The architect and the building budget -- Building fund potential -- Fund-raising counsel -- The master building plan -- The building committee -- Selection of the first unit for construction -- Selection of the contractor -- Borrowing -- Church bond issues -- 13: Old churches can become new -- An alternate method -- Redevelopment through a comprehensive strategy -- The search for new life -- Alternatives for existing congregations -- I. Strive to regain past "success" -- II. Ignore the problem and hope it will go away -- III. Form a cluster with nearby churches -- IV. Relocate -- V. Merge with another church -- VI. Disband the congregation -- VII. Continue for a while in recognition that the end may be in sight -- VIII. Attempt to build a "new" church on the base of the "old" -- Two perspectives -- 14: Summary and projections -- A look around -- A look ahead.".
• catalog description "Bibliography: p. 177-178.".
• catalog description "Part I: The framework -- 1: The context of new congregational development today -- Societal trends and the need for new churches -- Responsibility of the denominations -- New opportunity -- The early years -- 2: Lessons from the past -- From the forties to the seventies -- An upswing in religious interest -- Effective new congregations -- Mistakes to avoid -- Forms of new congregations -- "Mission" congregation -- Minority congregation -- Style-centered congregation -- The new congregation in the redeveloped area -- Traditional suburban congregation -- Ecumenical congregation -- Interdenominational cooperation -- 3: The purpose of the church and the need for new congregations -- The religious quest -- The Christian faith -- The Christian church -- Crucial questions for the next decade -- 4: Principles of congregational development -- Types of churches -- Old First Church downtown -- Neighborhood church -- Metropolitan-regional church -- Special purpose church -- Small town church -- Open country church -- Churches in transition -- Life cycles and organizational growth -- Creating a setting -- The segmentation of church constituencies -- Institutional survival vs. outreach in ministry".
• catalog description "Part II: The process -- 5: Developing a general area strategy -- Responsibility -- General area survey -- Mapping the survey area -- Other considerations -- Completing the survey -- Projections of future development -- Analysis of survey data -- A total strategy -- 6: Site selection -- Location -- Size -- Shape -- Topography -- Availability of utilities -- Zoning -- Cost -- Title -- Availability of public transportation -- Distance to other churches -- An important decision -- 7: The feasibility study -- Possible conclusions -- Need for a new congregation -- Timing -- Community survey -- The decision to proceed -- 8: The preliminary mission design -- What is it? -- Content of the design -- 9: Financing the new congregation -- The cost of a new church -- Time period for subsidy -- Responsibility of the denomination -- Responsibility of the congregation -- 10: Selection of the first pastor -- Two key roles -- Qualities of effective new church pastors -- Role of the judicatory -- Tenure -- Other professional and supporting staff -- 11: Gathering and organizing the new congregation -- Learning the community -- Community visitation -- Gathering the members -- Organizing the congregation -- The larger task".
• catalog extent "xiv, 178 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0060641835 :".
• catalog issued "1976".
• catalog issued "c1976.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Harper & Row,".
• catalog subject "254".
• catalog subject "BV652.24 .J66 1976".
• catalog subject "Church development, New.".
• catalog tableOfContents "12: Planning and financing a building -- Need for a place -- Shared facilities -- Initial facilities -- Factors affecting future buildings -- Preliminary planning -- Long-range planning committee -- Need for an architect -- Selection of the architect -- The architect and the building budget -- Building fund potential -- Fund-raising counsel -- The master building plan -- The building committee -- Selection of the first unit for construction -- Selection of the contractor -- Borrowing -- Church bond issues -- 13: Old churches can become new -- An alternate method -- Redevelopment through a comprehensive strategy -- The search for new life -- Alternatives for existing congregations -- I. Strive to regain past "success" -- II. Ignore the problem and hope it will go away -- III. Form a cluster with nearby churches -- IV. Relocate -- V. Merge with another church -- VI. Disband the congregation -- VII. Continue for a while in recognition that the end may be in sight -- VIII. Attempt to build a "new" church on the base of the "old" -- Two perspectives -- 14: Summary and projections -- A look around -- A look ahead.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part I: The framework -- 1: The context of new congregational development today -- Societal trends and the need for new churches -- Responsibility of the denominations -- New opportunity -- The early years -- 2: Lessons from the past -- From the forties to the seventies -- An upswing in religious interest -- Effective new congregations -- Mistakes to avoid -- Forms of new congregations -- "Mission" congregation -- Minority congregation -- Style-centered congregation -- The new congregation in the redeveloped area -- Traditional suburban congregation -- Ecumenical congregation -- Interdenominational cooperation -- 3: The purpose of the church and the need for new congregations -- The religious quest -- The Christian faith -- The Christian church -- Crucial questions for the next decade -- 4: Principles of congregational development -- Types of churches -- Old First Church downtown -- Neighborhood church -- Metropolitan-regional church -- Special purpose church -- Small town church -- Open country church -- Churches in transition -- Life cycles and organizational growth -- Creating a setting -- The segmentation of church constituencies -- Institutional survival vs. outreach in ministry".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part II: The process -- 5: Developing a general area strategy -- Responsibility -- General area survey -- Mapping the survey area -- Other considerations -- Completing the survey -- Projections of future development -- Analysis of survey data -- A total strategy -- 6: Site selection -- Location -- Size -- Shape -- Topography -- Availability of utilities -- Zoning -- Cost -- Title -- Availability of public transportation -- Distance to other churches -- An important decision -- 7: The feasibility study -- Possible conclusions -- Need for a new congregation -- Timing -- Community survey -- The decision to proceed -- 8: The preliminary mission design -- What is it? -- Content of the design -- 9: Financing the new congregation -- The cost of a new church -- Time period for subsidy -- Responsibility of the denomination -- Responsibility of the congregation -- 10: Selection of the first pastor -- Two key roles -- Qualities of effective new church pastors -- Role of the judicatory -- Tenure -- Other professional and supporting staff -- 11: Gathering and organizing the new congregation -- Learning the community -- Community visitation -- Gathering the members -- Organizing the congregation -- The larger task".
• catalog title "Strategies for new churches / Ezra Earl Jones. --".
• catalog type "text".