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Making Your Church More Inviting

A Step-by-Step Guide for In-Church Training

Roy M. Oswald

If you've read the book or viewed the course, now lead your church in study with this workbook approach to Alban's Inviting Church materials. Its fifteen sessions are designed to help clergy or lay leaders guide committees or study groups through a dynamic exploration of their congregation's IQ (invitation quotient). Discover how well you invite, welcome, and incorporate new members. As participants uncover the inviting elements of your church, they develop a personal witness style that emerges comfortably from their individual gifts.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Alban Books
Pages: 142 • Trim: 8¼ x 11
978-1-56699-055-4 • Paperback • December 1992 • $23.00 • (£17.99)
978-1-56699-580-1 • eBook • December 1992 • $21.50 • (£16.99)
Subjects: Religion / Christian Church / Administration

Making Your Church More Inviting

A Step-by-Step Guide for In-Church Training

Cover Image
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • If you've read the book or viewed the course, now lead your church in study with this workbook approach to Alban's Inviting Church materials. Its fifteen sessions are designed to help clergy or lay leaders guide committees or study groups through a dynamic exploration of their congregation's IQ (invitation quotient). Discover how well you invite, welcome, and incorporate new members. As participants uncover the inviting elements of your church, they develop a personal witness style that emerges comfortably from their individual gifts.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Alban Books
    Pages: 142 • Trim: 8¼ x 11
    978-1-56699-055-4 • Paperback • December 1992 • $23.00 • (£17.99)
    978-1-56699-580-1 • eBook • December 1992 • $21.50 • (£16.99)
    Subjects: Religion / Christian Church / Administration

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