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Leading by Story - Rethinking Church Leadership (Paperback)
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Leading by Story - Rethinking Church Leadership (Paperback)
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There is a great deal of interest in churches across the UK, US and
Europe about applying ideas from the world of leadership and
management to Christian ministry. There are those who wish to apply
(sometimes quite uncritically) mechanistic approaches which they
hope will enable churches to be run in a more `business-like'
manner. There are also those who argue that insights from
organizational studies have no place whatsoever in churches. This
innovative and original book builds on qualitative thinking about
organizational narrative and argues that it can provide significant
insights into how churches function, which is much more in keeping
with their ethos and history. As well as analysing how stories and
storytelling work in churches it also provides practical ideas for
how they can be used to improve church leadership. Taking the work
of organizational thinkers and researchers and bringing it into
conversation with biblical scholars, theologians, and church
historians, the authors establish a conversation across these
disciplines and explore how story and narrative work through and
within churches. Table of Contents: 1. What Is Leadership? 2.
Leading the Stories and Storying the Leading 3. Stories and
Identities: Story, Character and Becoming 4. Living in Multiple
Stories 5. Who Owns the Story? 6. Church Narratives: Interpretive
Stories 7. Church Narratives: Identity Stories 8. Church
Narratives: Improvised Stories 9. Curating Congregational Stories
in a Tick Box Church? Conclusion: Ten Ideas for Leading By Story in
Churches
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