The Future of Religious Organizations: There Is a Better Way Than Holding On With WHI Knuckles Until Whatever This Is Goes Back To Wherever It Came From

Religious organizations face a real crisis. Our culture has changed and change will accelerate. In times of stability organizations grow to a size that challenges their ability to sustain themselves. We have begun a time of cultural instability. In times of stability large organizations thrive. In times of instability small organizations thrive. The hope for religious organizations in this culture is found in small, autonomous, connected organizations which each carry our hopes and dreams into the future.Making that kind of transition is difficult. This book gives you a road map to make it happen. The future of your organization requires that you let go of your past structure. This book is something to hold on to as you grasp for the future.There is a future. We invite you to be part of it.

Arthur Jaggard is an ordained American Baptist Minister in Southeast Kansas where he has worked on the denominational staff for the last twelve years. Before coming to Kansas he pastored churches in Ohio and South Dakota. He currently leads a family of churches in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas known as Oakchurches. Arthur's e-mail is artjaggard@yahoo.com . He is a Fellow in the Oxford Society of Scholars and recently completed a Merrill Fellowship at Harvard. He says he likes bright colors, old cars, and time sitting in a tree, but his greatest passion is for his wife and children. He is unashamedly devoted to Jesus Christ and is strongly committed to living what the Bible actually says. Other books in print by Arthur Jaggard include: Culture, Racism and Family, The Ethics of Bow Hunting for Deer, and Women in Ministry: I Commend to You My Sister.