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Contents Introduction 000 A Dozen Assumptions Is This Book for You? Chapter One: How Do You Define Small? 000 How Many Does That Include? Why Choose 125? The 20th-century Context Seven Categories An Interesting Question Chapter Two: That's Not a Category! 000 How Many Categories? Who Is the Audience? Where Do You Begin? Chapter Three: Why So Many? 000 Another Perspective Who Are the Replacements? Why Don't They Grow? Three Big Shifts What's the Alternative? The Number-two Principle What's the Point? Four Exceptions Other Implications and Consequences The Impact on Ministerial Careers Chapter Four: The 21st-century Context 000 A Dozen Changes in the Context Chapter Five: Superstar or Talented Teams? 000 The Ecclesiastical Scene Ordained Minister or Talented Lay Team? Two Other Scenarios Chapter Six: Empower the Laity! 000 The Compensation Package Is Larger! Challenge the Free Agents! What Do You Believe? Five Policy Questions Caution! Chapter Seven: The Affiliate Relationship 000 The Affiliation Model Seven Models Chapter Eight: Carve Out a Niche 000 Who Are the Unchurched? What Is a Niche? What's the Point? Chapter Nine: Questions on Sharing Resources 000 A Common Question Is the Larger Parish a Promising Scenario? Sharing a Pastor Who Will Be Our Partner? What Are the Desired Outcomes? Chapter Ten: The Endowed Church 000 The Big Reason The Three New Questions Writing Your Own Rule Book Chapter Eleven: Is Numerical Growth a Goal? 000 The Real Issue Addition or Multiplication? Chapter Twelve: What About Those Ninth-graders? 000 Seven Popular Scenarios Two Rarely Traveled Roads The Lay Team Chapter Thirteen: Should We Merge? 000 Inputs or Outcomes? Chapter Fourteen: Three Technological Scenarios 000 What's Next? Three Scenarios Two Questions Chapter Fifteen: A Dozen Really Hard Cases 000 Chapter Sixteen: A Denominational Perspective 000 Nine Scenarios Two Other Scenarios Do or Facilitate? Chapter Seventeen: What Will Tomorrow Bring? 000 What Is Your Reference Point? Three Clouds on the Horizon Denominational Alternatives One Other Scenario Three Questions Appendix A: Distribution of Congregations by Size 000 Appendix B: Median Size of Congregations 000 Notes 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Small churches United States, Pastoral theology United States, Protestant churches United States