P T 24 2 - Church Administration

Institution:

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

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Description:

Gail A. Ricciuti/Susan S. Maybeck The day-to-day and cyclical administration of the local church is influenced by a multiplicity of factors-among them, size, congregational makeup, leadership styles and expectations, gender issues, staff relationships, denominational and congregational understandings of leadership, decision-making style, communication, and community context. This course will explore these issues in relation to administrative styles and approaches that may borrow from the best wisdom of the corporate world but are specifically congruent with the Christian faith. Varied formats will be used for the class: role plays, case studies, discussion of readings, lectures, and use of evaluative tools to assist students in identifying their own leadership style and envisioning effective styles appropriate to the Church. Guests from fields of pastoral ministry and organizational administration and finance will regularly visit the class to speak about their own leadership values and administrative work with regard to specific daily course foci.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.crcds.edu

Phone Number:

(585) 271-1320

Calendar System:

Semester

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