Leadership transitions in the urban Latino church: a case study of La Iglesia Cristiana Primitiva in New York City

Marcos Rivera

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Leadership transitions in the urban Latino church: a case study of La Iglesia Cristiana Primitiva in New York City

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Marcos Rivera. Leadership Transitions In the Urban Latino Church: a Case Study of La Iglesia Cristiana Primitiva In New York City. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/2869911d-887e-4801-947a-3c2317badff8.

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M. Rivera. Leadership transitions in the urban Latino church: a case study of La Iglesia Cristiana Primitiva in New York City. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/2869911d-887e-4801-947a-3c2317badff8

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Marcos Rivera. Leadership Transitions In the Urban Latino Church: a Case Study of La Iglesia Cristiana Primitiva In New York City. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/2869911d-887e-4801-947a-3c2317badff8.

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This work is a systemic study of the Latino church community and how leadership transitions are handled in that context, using a local urban Latino church as a case study. The overarching framework used in this project is what Eldin Villafañe refers to as 'the hermeneutical circle in social ethics.' The three steps of this paradigm have been explored from a systems thinking point of view. These three steps each ask a basic question: Clarification -- what is going on? Conceptualization -- what do the Bible and other pertinent disciplines say? Confrontation -- how do we respond? The first step involves doing careful social analysis to gain a broad contextual understanding of the issue at hand (introduction and chapter one). The second step requires biblical and theological reflection, again from a systemic perspective. This involves the examination of pertinent sources of literature and theology that in some fashion inform the issue (chapters two and three). The third step involves developing clear strategies which are consistent with a systemic view of reality and that flow out of the confluence of the first two steps (chapter five). A primary premise of this work is that leadership transitions in general will occur in the church, whether they are planned for or not. This reality is more complex in ethnic churches where oftentimes systemic approaches can be used to address a systemic situation. The primary aim of this study is to confront this reality with effective leadership transitions models and learning, using systemic theology as a guide for change.

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