Adaptive Church: Collaboration and Community in a Changing World by Dustin D. Be

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Adaptive Church

by Dustin D. Benac

Explores what it takes for communities of faith to respond to uncertainty and shifting organisational environments. Based on fifty-two interviews and four years of empirical work, Dustin Benac charts a theological paradigm for collaboration and community in a changing world.

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Christian organization, education, and leadership are changing. Headlines note rising religious disaffiliation ("the Nones"), moral failures by religious leaders, and the mounting crisis for religious education. Research on congregations, Christian higher education, and theological education also paints a dismal picture: declining engagement and growing fragility. These trends have changed the landscape that surrounds Christian thought and practice, but the story of local communities presents a more complex portrait: communities are also coalescing around vitality, wisdom, and hope. Adaptive Church explores what it takes for communities of faith to respond to uncertainty and shifting organizational environments. Based on fifty-two interviews and four years of empirical work, Dustin Benac charts a theological paradigm for collaboration and community in a changing world. He pioneers an interdisciplinary method that identifies the ecclesial ecology as the primary site to discern how Christian communities and leaders adapt to mounting challenges. Moreover, he provides the first in-depth analysis of a novel form of organizing religious life-a "hub"-by telling the story of how collaborative partnerships are creating new structures of belonging in the Pacific Northwest. Neither megachurches nor denominations, these hubs are networks that anchor religious life within a particular community and facilitate webs of connection across Christian institutions. Illumined by wisdom drawn from the Christian tradition, they pursue a particular way of life, one sustained by six complementary forms of leadership that express the possibility of collaboration and community in a changing world. Benac contributes to a new and emerging field at the intersection of practical theology, organizational theory, sociology of religion, and leadership studies. For leaders and communities facing uncertainty, Adaptive Church provides a template for change within and beyond the forms that have historically guided Christian organization, education, and leadership.

Author Biography

Dustin D. Benac is Visiting Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Baylor University?s George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Collaboration, Community, and Change in the Pacific Northwest Part One: Organizational Environments 1. "The Church Has Always Been Nimble": Church Engagement on the Edge of Christendom 2. "Hope and Care in the Neighborhood": Refounding the Church in Local Community Part Two: The Nexus of Collaborative Work 3. The Structure of Adaptive Change: Organizing Challenges and Values for Communities of Faith 4. Anchors and Webs: Hubs as Fields, Networks, and Ecologies Part Three: A Practical Theology for an Adaptive Church 5. Reimagining Church: Pastoral and Ecclesial Imagination for Adaptive Change 6. Adaptive Church: Patterned Practice for a Way of Life Part Four: A Theological Paradigm for a Changing World 7. "We're Better Together": Wisdom, Presence, and Leadership for Adaptive Change 8. A Moment of Renovating Virtue: Adaptive Possibility beyond Certainty Appendices

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?Benac offers a realistic and actionable framework for how church leaders can find resources and create networks to strengthen congregations in a post-Christian America.

Details ISBN1481317083 Author Dustin D. Benac Pages 277 Publisher Baylor University Press Year 2022 ISBN-10 1481317083 ISBN-13 9781481317085 Format Hardcover Imprint Baylor University Press Place of Publication Waco Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2022-08-01 NZ Release Date 2022-08-01 US Release Date 2022-08-01 Subtitle Collaboration and Community in a Changing World Publication Date 2022-08-01 UK Release Date 2022-08-01 Illustrations 6 color photos, 3 maps, 10 graphs, 1 figure

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