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008			160725 2010 eng
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035			_a(ELIB.Books)0000-3292
092			_a250 _bSTU
100			_aAmmerman, Nancy Tatom
110			_aJackson W. Carroll; Carl S. Dudley; William McKinney
245			_aStudying Congregations _bA New Handbook
260			_aNashville _bAbingdon Press _c1998
300			_a256 _c27 cm
520			_a This important new handbook for seminarians and clergy professionals places the congregation itself, rather than individual scholarly disciplines, at the center of congregational analysis. Studying Congregations: A New Handbook is a thoroughgoing revision and update of the leading textbook in the field (A Handbook for Congregational STudies). Using a comprehensive systems approach to congregations, this volume enables readers to analyze the ministries, stories, and processes that are at work in congregations. It provides techniques for studying the congregation as well as a framework for understanding the nature of the congregation.
650			_aChurch management
650			_aParishes -- United States. Church management -- United States. Christian sociology -- United States. Leadership. Group Processes. Christianity. Sociology. United States. Christian sociology. Church management.
900			_a03671
998			_a _cbat _e20160725 _mcat _u20200725
999			_c3251 _d3251