Slaughter to Sweet

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19 January, 2006

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			Slaughter, Michael Mike is known for his role in the development of Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church from a small struggling congregation to a large contemporary church hosting conferences and sharing leadership resources through its web site. His work was show cased in Tom Bandy’s book, Addictive Churches: Kicking the Habit. Spiritual Entrepreneurs: 6 Principles for Risking Renewal, Abingdon, 1996 Unlearning Church: Just When You Thought You Had Leadership All Figured Out, Group, 2001

			Sofield, Loughlan & Kuhn, Donald H. Bro. Loughlan Sofield, S.T. is a member of the community of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity. He has worked internationally as a speaker and consultant to Religious Communities and dioceses and archdioceses. He is the senior editor of Human Development Magazine. He has served on the faculties and lectured at the Washington Theological Union, Georgetown, Notre Dame, San Francisco and Catholic Universities. Donald Kuhn is Executive Director at UNICON—The International University Consortium for Executive Education The Collaborative Leader, Notre Dame, Indiana, Ave Maria Press, 1995

			Steinke, Peter L. Lutheran pastor, national consultant to congregations and clergy in the United States, student of Rabbi Ed Friedman, Steinke is the developer of the Bridgebuilder Ministry, a structured process for intervention with conflicted churches. He has developed a new congregation in Virginia; a home for emotionally disturbed youth in North Carolina; the Interfaith Pastoral Counseling Center in Illinois; and a clergy care program with Lutheran Social Services in Texas. Information on Steinke's training schedule can be found at www.healthycongregations.org How Your Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems, Alban Institute, 1993 Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach, Alban Institute, 1996

			Stevens, R. Paul & Collins, Phil Paul Stevens is David J. Brown Family Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College, Vancouver. His primary focus in teaching and writing is equipping the whole people of God for leadership, helping people integrate Christianity into their everyday life. Phil Collins is the retired principal of Carey Theological College, Vancouver, and has served as a Baptist minister and church planter. The Equipping Pastor: A Systems Approach to Congregational Leadership, Alban Institute, 1993

			Strommen, Merton Dr. Strommen, a research psychologist, founded both Search Institute in Minneapolis, MN and the Youth and Family Institute of Augsburg College, Minneapolis. He has conducted more than thirty research projects on youth and family ministry. As a Lutheran clergyman, he has served as a parish pastor, college pastor, and national youth director. The Innovative Church: Seven Steps to Positive Change in Your Congregation, Augsburg, 1997

			Sweet, Leonard Professor of Evangelism at Drew University, Madison, NJ where he had been Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Theological School for five years. Len previously served for eleven years as President and Professor of Church History at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. Sweet is a member of the United Methodist Church in the United States. His web site is www.leonardsweet.com AquaChurch: Essential Leadership Arts for Piloting Your Church in Today's Fluid Culture, Group, 1999 SoulTsunami: Sink or Swim in New Millennium Culture, Zondervan, 1997 Soul Salsa, Zondervan, 2000 Postmodern Pilgrims: First Century Passion for the Twenty First Century Church, Broadman & Holman, 2000

	You can order most of the resources listed on this web site from Rainbow Books, an online store based in Melbourne, You can also order these books from Vision Books, at Broadwater Road Uniting Church, 481 Broadwater Road, Wishart. Vision Books specializes in resource needs for UCA congregations. Email them or phone 061 7 3849 8548.

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