Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Talk about Parish -- 2 INSPIRE Learning about Parish Consulting -- 3 Build Collaboration, Build Church? -- 4 Toward a Culture of Dynamic Community -- 5 No Favoritism -- 6 Reimagining the Urban Parish -- 7 A Crisis of Trust, a Crisis of Credibility, a Crisis of Leadership -- 8 The Local Communities of Poitiers -- 9 From Practice to Tradition and Back Again -- 10 Collaboration in a Pastoral Key -- Afterword -- Index -- About the Contributors.
During times of unprecedented change, parishes require skilled collaborative efforts from parishioners, pastoral teams, diocesan leaders, educators, and researchers. This book examines innovative pastoral leadership projects and presents case studies in diverse circumstances through the lenses of theological, social, and organizational disciplines.