The Parish Paper: Ideas and Insights for Active Congregations
Each monthly issue of The Parish Paper provides ideas, insights, research-findings, and practical methods that strengthen the effectiveness of congregations through their various ministries.
current issues & themes (links to pdf files)
- August 2011 PP – How to Prevent Bad Behavior during Times of Change
- July 2011 PP – How to Select Quality Staff
- June 2011 PP – What Is the Pastor’s Role in Church Finances?
- May 2011 PP – When Does Success Lead to Failure?
- April 2011 PP – Incoming Pastors: Building Smoother Transition Bridges
- March 2011 PP – Does a Congregation’s Location Influence Its Effectiveness?
- February 2011 PP – Accomplishing Worthy Goals: Being Smart Is not Enough!
- January 2011 PP – What Is Your Unconscious Intent?
previous issues – 2010
December 2010 PP – Fifty Years Later: What Has Changed? | November 2010 PP – What Are the Big-Picture Trends in Congregations? | October 2010 PP – Why Are Worship Visitors Important? | September 2010 PP – Planning for the Unexpected Financial Crisis | August 2010 PP – How Much Should We Pay Our Pastor? | July 2010 – Should Our Congregation Use Internet Social Media? | June 2010 – Why Does Mentoring Succeed and Fail? | May 2010 – Generous Givers: A Product of Motivation and Methods | April 2010 – What Can We Learn from the Emerging Church Movement? | March 2010 – New Trends in Belonging | February 2010 – Should We Fine-Tune Our Church’s Internal Culture? | January 2010 – Become Comfortable with Conflict: Step One to Moving Beyond It!
previous issues – 2009
December 2009 – Are We a Leader-Sending Congregation? | November 2009 – Seven Roads to a Multicultural Congregation | October 2009 – Women Pastors: Are Our Assumptions Accurate? | September 2009 – Do We Sing All Five Worship Hymn Preferences?
