Graceful adjustments : financial decline and staff downsizing in congregations

Michelle Collins

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Graceful adjustments : financial decline and staff downsizing in congregations

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Michelle Collins. Graceful Adjustments : Financial Decline and Staff Downsizing In Congregations. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6f3bdece-26bf-4634-ad2c-d9117dcd094b.

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M. Collins. Graceful adjustments : financial decline and staff downsizing in congregations. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6f3bdece-26bf-4634-ad2c-d9117dcd094b

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Michelle Collins. Graceful Adjustments : Financial Decline and Staff Downsizing In Congregations. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6f3bdece-26bf-4634-ad2c-d9117dcd094b.

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Michelle Collins

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It’s no secret that religious institutions in the United States are facing unprecedented challenges. Membership levels, participation, and financial giving and support are shifting. Congregations often struggle to keep up with the rate of the change. Nowhere is this truer than in the financial realm, especially when they must consider downsizing their staff. This project examines classic staffing models, situations where downsizing has taken place, and a process for addressing staff transition times strategically. These help to address the challenge of how congregations can adjust with grace and thrive in the face of declining resources and changing realities.[Note about entry: Abstract submitted to the Atla RIM database on behalf of the author. The text appears in its entirety as it does in the original abstract page of the author’s project paper. Neither words nor content have been edited.]

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