Practical guidance for church leaders and volunteers—how to organize help, training, and outreach .
This work surveys the varied roles of church workers, from deaconesses to lay volunteers, and explains how organized charity and education can strengthen communities.
The book outlines historic and modern ways churches support the sick, poor, and marginalized. It describes training programs, sisterhoods, and missionary homes that prepare men and women to assist pastors and run social services. It also covers financial helpers, lending groups, savings plans, and industrial training aimed at empowering families and improving daily life."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book seeks to inspire modern Christian congregations to recognize the transformative power of organized, effective, collective action by studying the methods used by successful, purpose-driven churches. The author's aim is to teach practical strategies that churches may implement to empower their members to become active agents of positive change within their communities. The book pulls from examples across the nation to demonstrate how churches can grow by organizing their members to serve the needs of others and to share the message of Christ. The author believes that outreach and evangelism are core tenets of the Christian message and that all congregations should be engaged in ministry that serves both their communities and the wider world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331451938_0
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9781331451938
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