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Beyond the Baptismal Covenant
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Transformational Lay Leadership for the Episcopal Church in the 21st Century

By Donald V. Romanik

The future of the Episcopal Church depends on the raising up of fully committed, fully equipped, lay leaders, suggests Donald Romanik is this empowering book for lay and clergy alike. Along with insights gleaned from both the corporate world and Scripture, he explains the historical and biblical roots of lay involvement, outlining how to promote lay leadership to change and grow the church.

Foreword by The Rev. Canon C. K. Robertson, Ph.D, Canon to the Presiding Bishop.

82 pages, paperback, Item #2061

Bulk Discount: 10 or more copies are $10.00

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Ministry Of All the Baptized: A history of lay involvement in the Episcopal Church
Chapter 2: Why Now?: The immediate need for effective lay leaders
Chapter 3: New Testament Roots of Lay Leadership: Apostles were first and foremost "laypersons"
Chapter 4: Leadership as a Buzz Word: A much-discussed idea
Chapter 5: What Is Leadership?: Defining an elusive concept
Chapter 6: What Do Leaders Do?: Excercising leadership
Chapter 7: Other Types of Leaders: Organizational models
Chapter 8: The Discernment of Gifts: Identifying interests and passions
Chapter 9: Called to Transformational Lay Leadership: Developing a realistic recruitment process
Chapter 10: The Role of the Clergy: Facilitating the formation of lay leaders
Chapter 11: Training Lay Leaders: Being, knowing, doing, feeling
Chapter 12: Leadership For What?: Governance, program, mission, change, transformation and growth
Chapter 13: Examples of Transformational Lay Leaders: Real-life stories
Chapter 14: Obstacles and Next Steps: Clericalism, policy, and generational issues

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