The Formative Power of Your Congregation

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by Rev. Tim Shapiro, Dr. Christina Jones Davis, Rowman & Littlefield, MD, 2024

Description

This book helps congregations provide specific activities that promote people's development as human beings. Congregational activities support healthy relationships, discernment about vocation, social justice, and more. It provides a framework for how a congregation can help people grow into the best person they seek to be with grace in their daily lives.

Features

Theology
Case Studies
Notes Section
Bibliography
Appendix

Recommended Audience

Clergy, Sunday School Teachers, Governing Boards, Small Groups

Cost

Purchase as book, e-book or audio book

Practical Applications

Read this book to learn how your congregation can create activites that promote human development rather than volunteer activities.
Learn from the case studies presented in the book so your congregation can develop formative experiences that, while following the framework, best fit your faith community.

Updated: February 22, 2025

About the Contributor

Tim Shapiro

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation Learns. After his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message. He has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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