The Parish Paper

Each monthly issue of The Parish Paper provides ideas, insights, research-findings, and practical methods that strengthen the effectiveness of congregations in accomplishing God’s purposes through their various ministries.


2010 issues

  • April - What Can We Learn from the Emerging Church Movement?
  • March - New Trends in Belonging
  • February -Should We Fine-Tune Our Church's Internal Culture?
  • January -Become Comfortable with Conflict: Step One to Moving Beyond It!

2009 issues

  • January - How to Identify Our Church's Unstated Assumptions
  • February -  Should Our Congregation Offer More Choices?
  • March - Going into all the World: Church Web site Basics
  • April - What Do People Want in Their Pastors?
  • May - Permanent Endowment Fund: Blessing and Temptation
  • June - One Congregation: Many Locations
  • July - Lay Testimonials Strengthen Financial Giving!
  • August - Shepherding Congregations through Grief Storms
  • September - Do We Sing All Five Worship-Hymn Preferences?
  • October - Women Pastors: Are Our Assumptions Accurate?
  • November - Seven Roads to a Multicultural Congregationa
  • December - Are We a Leader-Sending Congregation

Coeditors: Herb Miller, Lyle Schaller, Cynthia Woolever – www.TheParishPaper.com

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