{"product_id":"9781566995467","title":"Holy Conversations: Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations","description":"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 goal is finding “the solution to the problem.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePopular Alban consultants and authors Gil Rendle and Alice Mann cast planning as a “holy conversation,” a congregational discernment process about three critical questions:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho are we?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat has God called us to do or be?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho is our neighbor?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRendle and Mann equip congregational leaders with a broad and creative range of ideas, pathways, processes, and tools for planning. By choosing the resources that best suit their needs and context, congregations will shape their own strengthening, transforming, holy conversation. They will find a path that is faithful to their identity and their relationship with God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResource materials are available to purchasers of the book. E-mail resources@rowman.com for more information.","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300922605808,"sku":"9781566995467","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566995467_p0.jpg?v=1769899767","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566995467","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}