Piloting Church: Helping Your Congregation Take Flight - Softcover

Cameron Trimble

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0827231695 ISBN 13: 9780827231696

Publisher: C B P Pr, 2019

Synopsis

A majority of churches are grounded - shrinking in membership and resources, unsure how to make the changes needed to be vital again. Pastor and pilot Cameron Trimble has helped hundreds of congregations get airborne again, and Piloting Church: Helping Your Congregation Take Flight guides you through the steps to getting your congregation out of the maintenance hangar and back into the skies.

Using piloting as an engaging framework for organizational transformation, Trimble addresses the process of planning, executing, and completing a church revitalization project in 10 easy-to-read chapters:

· Decide You Want to Fly
· What Kind of Pilot Will You Be?
· The Fundamentals of Flight
· Your Flight Crew
· Charting Your Course
· Preflight Checklist
· Funding Your Flying Habit
· Managing Comms
· Mayday Moments
· Making a Successful Landing

Trimble is the executive director and CEO of the Center for Progressive Renewal (CPR) and has years of experience helping to start new congregations and revitalize older congregations. Piloting Church reflects her learnings as a congregational consultant and national faith leader. Having worked with twelve denominational partners and their congregations, she believes the Church's best days are ahead.

About this title

About the Author:

Cameron Trimble is the Executive Director and CEO of the Center for Progressive Renewal. Cameron also serves on the board of directors for Convergence. Her ministry in national and regional church settings has given her a unique perspective on the challenges of cultivating leaders equipped to meet the needs of the future of mainline Protestantism. Rev. Trimble is an adjunct professor teaching church planting and renewal with the Pacific School of Religion and Chicago Theological Seminary and co-author of Liberating Hope.

Review:

"I finally found the book I would wish upon every seminarian (and professor!), every pastor (and denominational official), every church leadership board (and committee), and every small group and class.Cameron Trimble is already respected as one of our top church consultants and interdenominational networkers, but with Piloting Church, she also distinguishes herself as one of our best religious writers. I feel like I just ate a delicious meal including a perfect appetizer, fantastic main course, and amazing dessert. Highly recommended!" --Brian D. McLaren, author of Cory and the Seventh Story

"A gem of a book! Both philosophical and practical. Cameron Trimble offers both nuggets of wisdom and practical steps for advancing beyond stuck places. This book is for pastors, for sure, but it is really for anyone who wants to be part of creating new spaces for the thriving of all creation." --Alice Hunt, Executive Director, American Academy of Religion

About this edition

• Publisher: C B P Pr
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0827231695
• ISBN 13: 9780827231696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144