Can lay leaders at OakWood Church successfully identify, make informed decisions about solving, and accept ownership for the solutions to key missional problems in the area of outreach?

David R Sheppard

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Can lay leaders at OakWood Church successfully identify, make informed decisions about solving, and accept ownership for the solutions to key missional problems in the area of outreach?

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

David R Sheppard. Can Lay Leaders At Oakwood Church Successfully Identify, Make Informed Decisions About Solving, and Accept Ownership for the Solutions to Key Missional Problems In the Area of Outreach?. Denver Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/cd924448-d3bb-495b-a29f-23b806dcc5dd.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

D. R. Sheppard. Can lay leaders at OakWood Church successfully identify, make informed decisions about solving, and accept ownership for the solutions to key missional problems in the area of outreach?. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/cd924448-d3bb-495b-a29f-23b806dcc5dd

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David R Sheppard. Can Lay Leaders At Oakwood Church Successfully Identify, Make Informed Decisions about Solving, and Accept Ownership for the Solutions to Key Missional Problems In the Area of Outreach?. Denver Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/cd924448-d3bb-495b-a29f-23b806dcc5dd.

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David R Sheppard

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Abstract

The project examined whether lay leaders could engage in effective group problem solving by identifying obstacles to numerical growth at OakWood Church, proposing solutions to those obstacles, and accepting ownership for their solutions. Participants interviewed attendees of OakWood and other churches to learn what they believed were growth obstacles and solutions. Participants drew their own conclusions from these interviews and employed Fox's Improved Nominal Group Technique to narrow the field of obstacles and solutions. Overall, participants were unsuccessful in identifying valid growth obstacles and the solutions to remove those obstacles. They successfully demonstrated a high degree of ownership for their solutions.

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