This study considers the ways in which congregational management contributes to
maintaining the healthy church through the supporting role of supplying, monitoring
and controlling the human, physical, financial, and informational resources needed to
allow the pastors to lead the congregation-centred church to fulfil its mission. It was
found that congregational managers help to prevent their churches declining into illhealth
by helping the pastorate to retain current congregants and attract new ones
through charisma. This requires them to first study, analyze and classify the major parts
of the diverse congregation and surrounding community and then monitor them to
foresee and forestall problems. They play multiple roles in efficient administration, asset
management, targeted church adverting, human relations, risk management, project
management, professional standards auditing and maintenance, community relations
with all faiths, charity, mission, and, above all, customer relations. Recommendations
are made for enhancing congregational management’s role in the healthy church. / Practical Theology / M.Th. (Practical Theology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/4772 |
| Date | 16 September 2011 |
| Creators | Mellody, Michael |
| Contributors | Theron, Jacques Petrus Johan |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (216 leaves) |
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