Sacred Acts, Holy Change: Faithful Diversity and Practical Transformation

Author: Law, Eric H. F.
Publisher: Chalice Press, St. Louis, MO
ISBN: 082723452X
Table of Contents: Acknowledgments
Introduction
ch. 1 The Challenge of Diversity
ch. 2 So Complex, So Deep, So Wide, So Fast
ch. 3 The Churches' Response to the Challenge of Diversity
ch. 4 Too Scared, Too Shallow, Too Much, Too Slow
ch. 5 Called to Be in the World and Not of the World
ch. 6 Toward a Faithful Response to Diversity
ch. 7 Digging Down Deep to Facilitate Profound Change
ch. 8 Holy Change Is Re-conversion
ch. 9 What Shape Is Your Church In?
ch. 10 Whenever Two or Three Are Gathered in Christ, Something Will Change
ch. 11 Sacred Acts
ch. 12 An Overview of the Process for Planned Change
ch. 13 The Process for Planned Change: Step-by-Step
ch. 14 Orientation and Theological Reflection
ch. 15 Drawing the Parameters of the Project
ch. 16 Collecting Concerns
ch. 17 Naming the Issues
ch. 18 Setting Goals
ch. 19 Creating an Action Plan
ch. 20 Sending the Team Forth to Implement the Action Plan
ch. 21 Evaluation
APPENDIX A: The Table Exercise
APPENDIX B: What Color Should the Church Be?
APPENDIX C: Band-Aid

From the Publisher
Eric Law draws on his years of experience with congregations of all denominations to spell out processes for achieving genuine transformation in a congregation attempting to be multiculturally inclusive.

From Date

To Date