Empowering disciples to develop healthy 'future stories'

Zena Stribling McAdams

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Empowering disciples to develop healthy 'future stories'

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Zena Stribling McAdams. Empowering Disciples to Develop Healthy 'future Stories'. Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e1ad167e-af0d-4b0b-b528-92d7b8fa982c?locale=de.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

Z. S. Mcadams. Empowering disciples to develop healthy 'future stories'. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e1ad167e-af0d-4b0b-b528-92d7b8fa982c?locale=de

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Zena Stribling McAdams. Empowering Disciples to Develop Healthy 'future Stories'. Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e1ad167e-af0d-4b0b-b528-92d7b8fa982c?locale=de.

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Zena Stribling McAdams

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Diverse, divided and declining define many of our congregations. As an area minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), I have encountered among our congregational leadership a sense of mourning over what once was, a paralysis regarding change of current realities, and a loss of hopefulness for the future. Pastoral care theologian Andrew D. Lester would identify this congregational crisis as a breakdown in our 'future stories.' Through interviews with congregational leadership, eight obstacles are named that cause churches to stumble. A study guide for congregational leadership, incorporating these obstacles, is embodied in the project

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