Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Leadership

Open wide your mind--and your community--to fresh concepts of synagogue financial and spiritual success.

" A] welcome addition.... Replete with examples of synagogues, independent minyanim and spiritual communities that have developed creative and sometimes surprising strategies ... that ameliorate what many observers believe are obstacles to recruiting and engaging Jews into their spiritual communities."
--from the Foreword by Dr. Ron Wolfson

The concept of the "dues-based membership model" in synagogues was once an innovation. Now that model is in...

Help sustain the Jewish tradition's legacy of community leadership by building strong leaders today.

"Great Jewish leadership has helped us survive slavery, guided us to the Promised Land, given us hope through exile and oppression, helped us enjoy membership in a nation of overachievers and given birth to the State of Israel. Great Jewish leadership generates vision and, as a result, followers. It inspires us and helps us to stretch higher, see farther and reach deeper."
--from the Introduction

Drawing on the past and looking to the future, this practical guide...

You can achieve your dreams of financial stability for your congregation.

"At almost every institution around the country, there is money left unasked for and, as a result, not given. 'Wait, ' you might say. We have an annual appeal every year Every family in our congregation is asked for a donation at High Holiday services. If they haven t given, they just don t want to give to us. That may be how you perceive the interaction, but do your congregants see it the same way?
from Chapter 1

Successful synagogue fundraising is no easy task, but it is...

The groundbreaking professional resource for providing spiritual guidance to people from faith traditions other than your own.

This comprehensive resource offers valuable information for providing spiritual guidance to people from a wide variety of faith traditions. Covering the world's faith traditions as well as interfaith, blended and independent approaches to spirituality, each chapter is written by a spiritual guidance professional from that tradition or who works extensively with people from that tradition. Each chapter provides:

• An overview of the tradition,...

How can my congregation transform itself? How can we re-dedicate ourselves to learning?

Improving spiritual connection in our communities takes work Combining expert advice and experience garnered from congregations throughout North America, Becoming a Congregation of Learners shows us how transformative change is possible. A complete resource full of ideas, information and support, this is a guide for those of us involved in, or interested in, energizing our spiritual communities.

Isa Aron, director of Hebrew Union College's Experiment in...

Organisational culture determines the health and success of every organisation, and every person in those organisations. Therefore, leading cultural change is an essential skill for any leader in business, the church or the social sector to develop.

'How To Create The Organisational Culture You Want' will walk you through how to identify the present state of your culture, how to access its health and then how to influence it to be what you want it to be. Leaders can often miss the importance of culture or be intimidated by the size of apparent change required. This book...

In light of these important considerations of a spiritual mentor, we conclude that such seminal figures must epitomize invaluable spiritual traits. Not surprisingly, the best traits of a spiritual father are already revealed in the Word of God. Biblical principles form the basis of practicality. We discover the best fatherly traits in alignment with Galatians 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law."

Siecienski masterfully brings together all of the biblical, patristic, and historical material necessary to understand this longstanding debate. This book is an invaluable resource as both Catholics and Orthodox continue to reexamine the sources and history of the debate.

Compared to all previous generations, we are safer, live longer, hurt less, and earn more. Yet we are more afraid than ever. Fear has slipped into our souls, leaving us on edge and constantly anxious. No longer a safe harbor, a source of strength, or a bastion for love, faith has fallen prey to a culture of fear.

We face a defining moment. Will we cave to fear or rise in faith? Stephan Bauman, the former president of World Relief, has seen firsthand in some of the most difficult places in the world how it is possible to embrace love...