Not alone: hospice concept care for faltering congregations

Diane H Bentley

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Not alone: hospice concept care for faltering congregations

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Diane H Bentley. Not Alone: Hospice Concept Care for Faltering Congregations. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/0e4572a9-99ad-449a-92a7-d48794165f9b?locale=de.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

D. H. Bentley. Not alone: hospice concept care for faltering congregations. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/0e4572a9-99ad-449a-92a7-d48794165f9b?locale=de

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Diane H Bentley. Not Alone: Hospice Concept Care for Faltering Congregations. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/0e4572a9-99ad-449a-92a7-d48794165f9b?locale=de.

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Diane H Bentley

Stichwort

Local church mergers

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Abstrakt

This project investigates ways leaders, lay and clergy, can assist struggling congregations based on a model of assessment used in the medical movement known as hospice care. Using resources modeled on palliative care, leaders assist congregants through the stages of merger or closure. An educational course for leaders participating in the Lay Servant Ministry program of the United Methodist Church was created. The course raises the awareness level of what it means to be a church within a community, the importance of working toward vitality, and the grief process for parishioners when churches close or merge.

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