Building for Effective Mission: A Complete Guide for Congregations on Bricks and Mortar Issues

by Kennon L. Callahan

Book Overview

Guides church leaders through the process of clarifying and prioritizing their mission. Kennon Callahan demonstrates how to cultivate your mission with compassion and community, as well as prayer and scripture. This guide will make any congregation's mission become a reality by matching your church's facilities with its ministry needs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787938726
• ISBN13: 9780787938727
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Very good planning resource for churches.

Kennon Callahan provides another powerful resource to equip church planners and leaders. The style will feel very familiar to those who have used the 12 keys, but the content is fresher and more up to date. One particularly useful aspect is the paradigms of relationship between a congregation and its current or future facility. Many churches may find that they don't quite fit the mold as they expect. As with Callahan's other resources, there is the risk of oversimplifying your circumstances to fit the listed models. (This warning applies to mis-application of the books, and is not meant to be critical of the resources themselves.) Nonetheless, the book is a substantial contribution to the field. Even if your congregation feels very comfortable in your current facility, you could still gain useful insights from a careful reading and some prayerful discernment. Peace be with you.