The congregational plot: preaching, conflict + growth

Timothy Allen Prowse

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The congregational plot: preaching, conflict + growth

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Timothy Allen Prowse. The Congregational Plot: Preaching, Conflict + Growth. Chicago Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e3dc26d4-9333-455e-a6a3-ac6dfa8c682e?locale=pt-BR.

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T. A. Prowse. The congregational plot: preaching, conflict + growth. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e3dc26d4-9333-455e-a6a3-ac6dfa8c682e?locale=pt-BR

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Timothy Allen Prowse

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Congregations--Internal conflict

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Congregational plot: preaching, conflict plus growth

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Most small churches are resistant to conflict and many are dying. Many small church pastors are frustrated as they witness the decline of the small church. However, many of these pastors continue using preaching models that seem insufficient to address the issues in the small church, primarily the issue of conflict resistance. This thesis proposes that an alternative preaching model is needed in the small church, particularly one with conflict and complexity built into the preaching model, for the purpose of challenging the small church to embrace conflict so that it might be transformed. This is important to the field of homiletics because it seeks to demonstrate a narrative conflictual model of preaching in an institution that regularly resists conflict. The thesis is supported by theory primarily provided by Lyle Schaller and Eugene Lowry. While transformation does occur for some and energy is created in the small church by using a conflictual model of homiletics, the life expectancy of the small church remains in question.

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