Congregations and Community Together

Goals

• To encourage, educate, and motivate congregations to engage in neighborhood-/community-centered service ministries
• To be an available resource person to congregations, pastors, and other leaders
• To serve in teaching, preaching, seminars, workshops, reunions, and other activities
• To participate in the development of resources and Temple School and Community of Christ Seminary courses 

Key Resources
Other Recommended Resources
Biographical Information for Roy H. Schaefer

 

Key Resources

Available from the Peace and Justice Ministries

Congregations and Community Together (CCT) Handbook and CCT Addendum
Ken Brookens, Jim Davis, Greg Hankins, Henry K. Inouye Jr., Ed Martin, Roy Schaefer, and Paul Wilson

Discover and Show Your Gifts, John T. Conway, Harry Doty and Roy H. Schaefer

Articles Available from Roy Schaefer

"Congregational Networking" 
"Congregations Moving Forward Together" 
"Christian Mentoring" 
"Gap-Filler Discipleship" 
"Stewardship of Voting" 
"W.O.M.B. Ministry" 

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Other Recommended Resources

Deeply Woven Roots, Gary Gunderson (Minneapolis: Fortress Press,1997) 

Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets, John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Neighborhood Innovations Network, distributed exclusively by ACTA Publications, 4848 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640, 1-800/397-2282, Fax: 1-800/397-0079, 1993

Transforming Congregations, Loren Mead, Alban Institute (Washington, D.C.: 1994).

The Purpose Driven Church: Growth without Compromising Your Message and Mission, Rick Warren (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House,1995).

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Periodicals/Magazines

The Alban Journal, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1250 W., Bethesda, MD 20814-3211; 
Phone: (301) 718-4407; e-mail: infocenter@alban.org

Congregations, Learning, Leading, Changing, The Alban Institute, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1250 W., Bethesda, MD 20814-3211; 
Phone: (301) 718-4407; e-mail: infocenter@alban.org

The Other Side, 300 W. Apsley, Philadelphia, PA 19144; Phone: 1-800/700-9280; fax: (215) 849-3755; e-mail: editors@theotherside.org

Sojourners, 2401 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20009; Phone: (202) 328-8842; fax: (202) 328-8757; e-mail: sojourners@sojo.net 

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