Duckworth, Jessicah Krey. <br/><br/>
Wide Welcome :  How the Unsettling Presence of Newcomers Can Save the Church / 
Jessicah Krey Duckworth. 
 - 1 online resource (144 pages) 
 - Prisms .
 - Prisms. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Deliberate disestablishment -- Intersections of inquiry -- Facilitating newcomer participation -- Designing disestablishment -- The task of the Ecclesia Crucis. 
<br/><br/> While most churches offer "new member classes" and genuinely seek to welcome visitors, too often the end result is a rush to assimilate the newcomer into formal membership and all of the invitations to participation in committees, choirs, or fellowship groups that go along with it. This book presents the stark differences between the established congregation, which cares for current members and congregational identity, and the disestablished one, intentionally equipped to facilitate the encounter between new and established members. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781451426250 1451426259 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt22n4p37  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian converts.<br/>Lutheran Church.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX8065.3  / .D838 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>230/.41