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Doing the Math of Mission

Fruits, Faithfulness, and Metrics
  • ISBN-13: 9781566997225
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By Gil Rendle
  • Price: AUD $52.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/10/2014
  • Format: Paperback 156 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Christianity [HRC]
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Over the past ten years, the North American mission field has experienced dramatic changes, which in turn have required congregations, middle judicatories, and denominations to adapt. Among these adaptations is an expectation for clear goals and quantified progress towards those goals. Church leaders who have never needed to measure their goals and progress with metrics may find this change daunting. The use of metrics-denominational and middle judicatory dashboards, and the tracking of congregational trends-has become an uncomfortable and misunderstood practice in this search for accountability. Doing the Math of Mission offers theory, models, and new tools for using metrics in ministry. This book also shows where metrics and accountability fit into the discernment, goal setting, and strategies of ministry. While there are resources for research on congregations, tools on congregational studies, and books on program evaluation, there is a gap when it comes to actual tools and resources for church leaders. This book is intended to help fill that gap, giving leaders a toolbox they can use in their own setting to clarify their purpose and guide their steps. Resource materials that leaders can use in their own setting are available. In order to obtain this material, please contact resourcematerial@rowman.com.
Introduction Chapter 1: Counting Resources and Measuring Ministry Chapter 2: Getting to Why: Turning Intentions into Outcomes Chapter 3: Phronesis and the Task of Figuring It Out for Ourselves Chapter 4: Counts, Measures and Conversations: Using New Tools for Fruitfulness Chapter 5: Cascading Questions Chapter 6: Be Careful What you Measure Resources Endnotes Bibliography
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