Celia Allison Hahn: 3 books

So You're on the Search Committee focuses on the experience of pastoral search committees and the unique role that laity in most denominations play in this crucial process. Because a change of pastors is, as Alban Institute founder Loren Mead puts it, a “critical moment of ministry,” participation...

Parishioners today look to their congregations to feed their spiritual hunger. But many members and clergy are not sure how the words "congregation" and "spirituality" fit together. Author Celia Hahn interviewed 30 lay people and clergy from five Episcopal congregations to discover...

Contents include: I. What is authority? and Where do you get it? II. Patterns of Growth in Authority III. Practical Dilemmas in the Exercise of Authority IV. Authority in Different Voices V. The Paradoxical Authority of Laity and Clergy VI. Growing in Authority, Being the Church