There is life after death : using Christ's call to sacrificial living as a foundation for church turn-arounds in urban settings

Jevon A. Caldwell-Gross

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There is life after death : using Christ's call to sacrificial living as a foundation for church turn-arounds in urban settings

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Jevon A. Caldwell-Gross. There Is Life After Death : Using Christ's Call to Sacrificial Living As a Foundation for Church Turn-arounds In Urban Settings. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/9bdc71cd-787e-4d8f-b70f-1ed4f9e8e0ca.

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J. A. Caldwell-gross. There is life after death : using Christ's call to sacrificial living as a foundation for church turn-arounds in urban settings. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/9bdc71cd-787e-4d8f-b70f-1ed4f9e8e0ca

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Jevon A. Caldwell-Gross. There Is Life After Death : Using Christ's Call to Sacrificial Living As a Foundation for Church Turn-Arounds In Urban Settings. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/9bdc71cd-787e-4d8f-b70f-1ed4f9e8e0ca.

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Jevon A. Caldwell-Gross

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'This project is a response to the rapid decline found within today's churches. A sizable percentage of the United Methodist Churches (UMC) within the Greater New Jersey Conference (GNJC) are steep in decline; and St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Montclair, New Jersey faced a similar struggle. The approach to this project was to use Christ 's example of sacrificial love as a model of how a congregation can organize her people, procedures, and programs to fully live out her mission in a rapidly changing culture. An ongoing assessment tool was created to assist St. Mark's United Methodist Church and others to determine what aspects of the church's ministry should be ended and allowed to expire. This assessment tool was administered during a one-day seminar with three different congregations. The researcher of this project held phone interviews with each pastor after a three-month period to gauge the effects of their commitment to letting go of certain aspects of their ministry.' -- Leaf [2].

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