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7 Creative Models for Community Ministry

by Joy Skjegstad. Judson Press, 2013.

Description

This book outlines seven ministry models to serve a local community, detailing the criteria of each and providing information to decide which is best for your context.

Features

starting a nonprofit, donating goods or money, advocacy and public policy, mobilizing volunteers, models to serve

Recommended Audience

Clergy and lay leaders

Cost

Purchase as a book or e-book

Practical Applications

  • Increase community engagement by choosing the right model for your congregation, looking at the specific criteria for each in order to select the best fit.
  • Form a committee to oversee local community engagement after reading this resource and sharing with lay leaders.

About the Contributor

Contributor
Tim Shapiro

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation LearnsAfter his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and MessageHe has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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