{"product_id":"when-steeples-cry-leading-congregations-through-loss-and-change-9780829816945","title":"When Steeples Cry: Leading Congregations Through Loss And Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Steeples Cry is a book about embodiment--yours and mine--and the nature of loss occurring in North American church contexts. It is not meant to be a \"how to\" book  but it envisions you being a different kind of leader to your community. Written especially for church leaders and those seminarians who will serve in mainline Protestant churches  When Steeples Cry identifies the work of mourning as a significant aspect of being a church leader in North America today.  When Steeples Cry explores numerical  relationship  material  identity  functional  role  and systemic losses  and suggests how to grieve well and move on in healthy  life-giving ways. The United Methodist Church (USA) has lost more than 3.3 million members. The Presbyterian Church (USA) has lost more than 2.3 million members since 1971. The Episcopal Church (USA) has lost more than 1.1 million members. The Evangelical Lutheran Church (USA) has lost more than 540 000 members  including a loss of 61 871 members between 2001-2002. Forty-five churches closed their doors in 2002. The majority of North American Protestant congregations and denominations  says Hamman  have experienced significant losses since the 1960s. Moreover  the dynamic and growing churches that are changing their traditions experience the loss of what was familiar to them. In many churches  losses past and present remain unnamed and unmourned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67907508273205,"sku":"ByrdShop_0829816941","price":103.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780829816945.jpg?v=1794042162","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/when-steeples-cry-leading-congregations-through-loss-and-change-9780829816945","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}