Building a firm foundation: leading a church plant core group in a collaborative shared-vision process

Bruce L Emmert

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Building a firm foundation: leading a church plant core group in a collaborative shared-vision process

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Bruce L Emmert. Building a Firm Foundation: Leading a Church Plant Core Group In a Collaborative Shared-vision Process. Asbury Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b4033afb-f3bb-4e91-904d-b323ec274eb0.

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B. L. Emmert. Building a firm foundation: leading a church plant core group in a collaborative shared-vision process. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b4033afb-f3bb-4e91-904d-b323ec274eb0

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Bruce L Emmert. Building a Firm Foundation: Leading a Church Plant Core Group In a Collaborative Shared-Vision Process. Asbury Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b4033afb-f3bb-4e91-904d-b323ec274eb0.

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Bruce L Emmert

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Abstract

The purpose of this ethnographic study was to assess the effectiveness of using a collaborative shared-vision process (as described by Peter Senge) in leading a core group of dedicated Christians recruited from several diverse United Methodist congregations in south Johnson county, Kansas in planting a new local church. This study found that a collaborative shared-vision process was effective in preparing a core group to start a new congregation. Members of the core group did experience many of the benefits suggested by the theory such as an intense sense of ownership in the local church, a long-term orientation, a feeling of community, synergy, and a sense of accomplishment.

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