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Summer 1983: Church Politics

Volume 4
Summer

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In this Issue
FROM THE EDITOR
Terry C. Muck
War and Peace in the Local Church
Leadership
War and Peace in the Local Church
An interview with Lynn Buzzard
Terry Muck, Dean Merrill, and Marshall Shelley
THE EASY YOKE
Dr. Paul Brand with Philip Yancey
A Code of Conduct for Boards
Stephen A. Bly
Seven Reasons for Staff Conflict
Seven Reasons for Staff Conflict
If you don't see eye to eye, it's not always because of stiff necks.
Wayne Jacobsen
HOW PRAYER ENERGIZES PREACHING
Richard J. Foster
Outreach
In Search of a Better Way
An Ohio pastor tells how a seventy-year-old church regained its youthfulness.
Robert Culp
LEADERSHIP BIBLIOGRAPHY
Church Politics
Paul Borthwick
Curing Souls: the Forgotten Art
In the bustle of running a church, something essential has been overlooked.
Eugene H. Peterson
MY CHOICE OF BOOKS
William Pannell recalls the road signs that have steered his thinking.
William Pannell
Discipleship
IDEAS THAT WORK
Including children in worship
Virginia C. Thomas
Discipleship |Leadership|Outreach
PEOPLE IN PRINT
PULPIT PLAGIARISM
It's getting harder and harder to fool all the people all the time.
Jamie Buckingham
WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE?
Ken Coffee
Who Decides What Deacons Do?
When traditions and constitutions leave us confused, it's time to probe deeper.
Lloyd Jacobsen
Discipleship
When Your Friend is Dying
How to help when your only gift is eternal hope.
Betsy Burnham
CREATIVE SUFFERING
Paul Tournier
Discipleship
Pastoring with an Ache Inside
Dean Merrill
Spiritual Software: Personal Computers Join the Church.
William Welty
Anatomy fo a Church Fight
A Case Study for Leadership Readers
How Can I Deal with Grief?
John Redhead
Straight Answers in a Crooked Age
The quest for intellectual integrity in Christian leadership has a ways to go.
Fred Smith
Discipleship
REQUESTS TO REMARRY: THE PASTOR'S CATCH-22
Leadership Forum
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHER
Paul D. Robbins

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