Choosing Partnership, Sharing Ministry: A Vision for New Spiritual Community

Book, 2007, 152 pp
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Bailey invites pastors and congregations to a new understanding of ministry, leadership, and the church that challenges hierarchy by fully sharing responsibilities, risks, and rewards in mutual ministry. This model took shape over 10 years as Bailey, pastoral colleague Marcus Pomeroy, and the congregation they served began writing their own definition of partnership—creating their own map, trusting their own instincts, making their own mistakes.

For Bailey, this kind of partnership began when she discovered the courage to listen to herself and to the Spirit for the inklings of another way—to incarnate Jesus’s example, a ministry that was widely inclusive, delegated power, shared authority, and thrived with the multiplication of gifts.

Partnership invites us on a journey that can transform us as leaders, as human beings, and as the church. It is challenging and exciting, and it requires hard work. It is also energizing, engaging, and empowering. Partnership unleashes the Spirit to create a new vision and reality among us, moving us one step closer to living into God’s reign.

Appendixes include: 8-session adult curriculum on "Partnership: Vocabulary and Vision for Congregational Life" and a series of 5 sermons on the theme of "Leadership as Community."

(8 sessions)
TypePrint
GenreItem with Questions
ExpressionSermon
TopicLeadership Training
AudienceAdults, Leaders
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAlban Institute
ISBN9781566993432

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