Rendle: 19 books
by Francesca Rendle-Short
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Mrs Angel Rendle-Short said that a book given to her daughter, Francesca, as an English textbook at school would teach her to be a permissive rebel. (Courier Mail, 1975)There are some things you should never speak about.In Francesca Rendle-Short’s family, silence was golden. So to break ranks and...
Leading Change in the Congregation
Spiritual & Organizational Tools for Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Many books have been written about leadership and change, but until now none has focused on the kind of change that tears at a community's very fabric. Alban senior consultant Gil Rendle provides a respectful context for understanding change, especially the experiences and resistances that people...
Holy Conversations
Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
Planning can be challenging in the contemporary congregation, where people share a common faith and values but may have very different preferences and needs. Much of the literature on congregational planning presents it as a technical process: the leader serves as the chief problem solver, and the...
When Moses Meets Aaron
Staffing and Supervision in Large Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
With the number of large congregations rising in the U.S., these congregations are increasingly dependent upon a greater number of staff to meet the needs of their diverse collection of members. As leaders of multi-staff teams, senior clergy must play the dual role of both Moses and Aaron—both visionary...
Quietly Courageous
Leading the Church in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2018
The changing dynamics of contemporary church life are well-known, but what’s less well-known is how leaders can work most effectively in this new context. In Quietly Courageous, esteemed minister and congregational consultant Gil Rendle offers practical guidance to leaders—both lay and ordained—on...
The Multigenerational Congregation
Meeting the Leadership Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
Congregations need to learn new cultural languages and practices in order to speak to and be heard by new generations of people. But how do congregations enter the wilderness of ministry with these new generations when many of those in the entourage do not appreciate the trip? In contrast to many...
Journey in the Wilderness
New Life for Mainline Churches
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The last forty years have seen transitions in mainline churches that feel, for many, like a journey into the wilderness. Yet God is calling us in this moment, not to grieve over the changes we have experienced but to hear the call to a new mission, and a new faithfulness.
In Journey in the...
Behavioral Covenants in Congregations
A Handbook for Honoring Differences
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
This down-to-earth workbook gets to the heart of modern congregational life: how to live creatively together despite differences of age, race, culture, opinion, gender, theological or political position. Alban Senior Consultant Gil Rendle explains how to grow by valuing our differences rather than...
by Johanna Rendle-Short
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
How is the task of giving a presentation accomplished? In this insightful book Johanna Rendle-Short unpacks this seemingly simple task to show the complexity that underlies it. Examining the academic presentation as a case in point, she details how seminar presenters interact with the audience and...
Defenders of the Motherland
The Tsarist Elite in Revolutionary Russia
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
Defenders of the Motherland studies how the most powerful social groups in tsarist Russia reacted to the challenges posed by the Russian Revolutions of 1917. Arguing that elite groups-especially nobles, landowners, and officers-played an important role in these events, Matthew Rendle shows how the...
Doing the Math of Mission
Fruits, Faithfulness, and Metrics
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
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...
by Gabriel Conder, John Rendle, Sarah Kidd
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009
A-Z of Abdominal Radiology provides a concise, easily accessible radiological guide to the imaging of the common disorders of the abdomen and pelvis. Organised by A–Z, each entry gives easy access to the key clinical features of the condition. Section 1 reviews the relevant radiological anatomy...
by Ellen Rendle, Constance J. Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2001
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the 200 historic views in Delaware in Vintage Postcards provide eloquent commentary on the First State in the early part of the twentieth century. Capturing the era between 1905 and 1925, this charming retrospective takes readers on a journey from Selbyville...
by Rendle, Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
The lifeblood of the United Methodist is passion rather than organizational neatness, entrepreneurial freedom rather than denominational restraint, and agility rather than staid institutional dependence. But if United Methodists want to change and be the church we say we want to be, what must we risk...
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