The Hidden Lives of Congregations

Discerning Church Dynamics

Israel Galindo

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Alban Institute, Inc
30 November 2004

Religious institutions & organisations

Faced with crisis, lack of direction, or just plain ""stuckness,"" many congregations and their leaders are content to deal only with surface issues and symptoms-only to discover that the same problems keep recurring, often in different, and more serious, ways. In The Hidden Lives of Congregations, Christian educator and consultant Israel Galindo takes leaders below the surface of congregational life to provide a comprehensive, holistic look at the corporate nature of church relationships and the invisible dynamics at play. Informed by family systems theory and grounded in a wide-ranging ecclesiological understanding, Galindo unpacks clearly the factors of congregational lifespan, size, spirituality, and identity and shows how these work together to form the congregation's hidden life. He provides useful tools for diagnosing and understanding how one's congregation fits into the various categories he names and suggests what leadership skills are necessary to get beyond the impasse of surface issues and help the congregation achieve its mission. The Hidden Lives of Congregations provides one of the most far-reaching looks into the invisible nature of faith communities written in recent years. For seminaries and divinity schools, it provides a standard text for getting a solid start in congregational practices; for experienced pastors, it provides support for renewing ministry; for lay leaders and committees, it offers insight to deepening mutual ministry. Israel Galindo has written an indispensable manual that leaders will return to repeatedly for new wisdom and guidance

By: Israel Galindo
Imprint: Alban Institute, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 354g
ISBN: 9781566993074
ISBN 10: 1566993075
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 November 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Israel Galindo is Associate Dean at Columbia Theological Seminary. Formerly he was Dean at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, VA. Galindo serves on the Advisory Committee of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion and is available as consultant through the Center in the areas of curriculum development and assessment, leadership, and teaching and learning in theological education.

Reviews for The Hidden Lives of Congregations: Discerning Church Dynamics

"""Israel Galindo offers a resource to clergy and lay leaders that is both practical and theological, based on his wide experience as a leader and teacher of leaders."" -- Margaret J. Marcuson"