Keeping the Covenant: Taking Parish to the Next Level
- ISBN-10
- 0824524667
- ISBN-13
- 9780824524661
- Category
- Church renewal
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Crossroad Publishing
- Author
- Thomas P. Sweetser
Description
bChurches and parishes are closing in record numbers. Those remaining are seeking new ways to invent the way their parish functions in the community. This book provides new material for parishes, based on extensive research and experience with parishes across the country. This book offers hope and promise --- and practical advice --- for lay leaders and clergy interested in having their parish be the Church that Jesus intended. Book includes discussion guides and hands-on suggestions.
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Other editions
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- 1997
- 306 pages
- Paperback
- Kent State University Press
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