Religious Education in the Small Membership Church
Edited by Dr. Nancy T. Foltz
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
234 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 x 0.47 in
- Paperback
- 9781625640277
- Published: August 2013
$37.00 / £33.00 / AU$50.00
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Nancy T. Foltz is owner and principal of Nancy T. Foltz, PhD and Associates. She is a management consultant to religious organizations and large corporations. Foltz has completed strategic plans with major judicatories and worked with high performance teams in organizations such as Bayer Corporation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USX, Magee Women's Hospital, The McCune Foundation, Princeton Theological Seminary, United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The Rabbinical Assembly, General Motors, Sisters of Mercy, and Whirlpool.
She taught as adjunct professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for over twenty years. Foltz has numerous published books, articles and videos and has lectured across the country for the past twenty years on the Myers Briggs Personality Inventory.
"This wonderful book appreciates both the strengths and the struggles of small churches, and offers useful suggestions from the hands-on experience of ten experts. I highly recommend it for all who care about small churches, from the cutting edge of scholarship to practical procedures in the trenches."
--CARLS. DUDLEY, Center for Church Ministries (Chicago); author of MAKING THE SMALL CHURCH EFFECTIVE
"This may well be the definitive text of this decade on religious education in small membership churches. It provides a realistic lens, many practical suggestions, and a new vision of hope and promise for religious education in small churches. This book is one to be read now and to be kept in readiness as a valuable resource for the future."
--WARREN J. HARTMAN, General Board of the United Methodist Church; author of LARGE MEMBERSHIP CHURCH
"An excellent resource. Provides a broad overview of the literature and theory and research on the small church. The many charts are particularly thorough and useful. Those who have wrestled for a long time with small church issues will find comfort and encouragement in the breadth of chapters."
--ANTHONY G. PAPPAS, First Baptist Church of Block Island; author of MONEY, MOTIVATION, AND MISSION IN THE SMALL CHURCH
"This book is an invitation to step back, to think about, and to act."
--G. TEMP SPARKMAN, Midwest Baptist Theological Seminary; author of TO LIVE WITH HOPE
" A book long overdue! Finally someone, Nancy Foltz, has been able to bring together the work of scholars and field practitioners in a comprehensive overview. This volume develops a distinctive rationale, program, and set of procedures for the small church as distinct from the large church."
--STEVEN BURT, small church consultant; author of LEADERSHIP IN THE SMALL CHURCH
"A substantial, challenging, and practical book. The authors describe realistic and exciting possibilities for religious education within the unique dynamics that shape small churches. Leaders who are looking for sound theory and practical suggestions will find both in this book."
--DOUGLAS ALAN WALRATH, Bangor Theological Seminary; author of LEADING CHURCHES THROUGH CHANGE