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Healthy congregations: a systems approach

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Drawing deeply on the biblical images of the body or Christ as well as a variety of sciences, from biology to neurology to pathology, Steinke invites the reader to take a wide angle on reality, “the subatomic level of reality is systemic”, he says, or to quote the Scriptures, “We are members of one another” (Eph 4:25). Congregations are living organisms with a hidden connectedness. Health, much like a human body, is the result of how this living system responds to the inevitability of alien forces or disease. For Steinke, a healthy congregation is not one without troubles; rather, a healthy congregation is one that responds to dysfunction through internal healing processes. In other words, healthy congregations are communities that take personal responsibility for their own healing and thus, their own health.

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Z. HANDIMAN

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255 STE h

Publisher

Herndon : The Alban Institute., 1968

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xi,118p.; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1-56699-173-0

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255

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CONGREGATIONS AND ORDER - DISCIPLESHIP

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Statement of Responsibility

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