2009
David W. Englund
The Elephant in the Room: Redevelopment, Leadership, and Dwindling Resources
This paper explores the nature and causes of decline in congregations, the kind of leadership needed to guide declining congregations into health and missional ministry, and some of the challenges in providing trained leadership due to the lack of resources. Three mindsets of leadership are discussed – Adaptive Work, Systems Thinking, and Missional Orientation. The theoretical discussion is balanced by examples from the Diocese of Northern California in which the author serves as a priest.