Israel Galindo - The Hidden Lives of Congregations: Discerning Church Dynamics

Ackerman, John. Spiritual Awakening: A Guide to Spiritual Life in Congregations. Bethesda, Md.: Alban Institute, 1994.

Adizes, Ichak. Organizational PassagesDiagnosing and Treating Life Cycle Problems of Organizations. Organizational Dynamics 8, no. 1 (Summer 1979): pp. 3-25.

Ahlen, J. Timothy, and J. V. Thomas, One Church, Many Congregations: The Key Church Strategy. Ministry for the Third Millennium series, ed. Lyle E. Schaller. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999.

Ammerman, Nancy Tatom. Congregation & Community. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1997.

Anderson, James Desmond. Crisis, Communication, and Courage: A Ministry Development Approach. In Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice in the Local Church, ed. Carl S. Dudley, pp. 192-207. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1983.

Armour, Michael C., and Don Browning. Systems Sensitive Leadership: Empowering Diversity without Polarizing the Church. Joplin, Mo.: College Press Publishing Company, 2000.

Avery, William O. Revitalizing Congregations: Focusing and Healing through Transitions. Bethesda, Md.: The Alban Institute, 2002.

Barna, George. The Power of Vision. Ventura, Calif.: Regal Books, 1992.

Becker, Ernest. The Denial of Death. New York: Free Press, 1997.

Becker, Penny Edgell. Congregations in Conflict: Cultural Models of Local Religious Life. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Benson, Peter L., and Carolyn H. Elkin. Effective Christian Education: A National Study of Protestant Congregations: A Summary Report on Faith, Loyalty, and Congregational Life. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 1990.

Birch, Bruce C. Memory in Congregational Life. In Congregations: Their Power to Form and Transform, ed. C. Ellis Nelson, pp. 20-42. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988.

Bloom, Benjamin S., et al. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook II: Affective Domain. New York: David McKay Co., 1964.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. No Rusty Swords: Letters, Lectures, and Notes 1928- 1936. In The Collected Works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ed. Edwin H. Robinson and John Bowden. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.

Brown, Wilena G. Faithstyles in Congregations: Living Together in a Christian Community. Toronto, Ontario: United Church Publishing House, 1994.

Browning, Don. Integrating the Approaches: A Practical Theology. In Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice in the Local Church, ed. Carl S. Dudley, pp. 220-37. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1983.

Carroll, Jackson W., The Congregation as Chameleon: How the Present Interprets the Past. In Congregations: Their Power to Form and Transform, ed. C. Ellis Nelson, pp. 43-69. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988.

--------. Preserving Christian Identity: The Task of Leadership in the

Congregation. In Carriers of Faith: Lessons from Congregational Studies, ed. Carl S. Dudley, Jackson W. Carroll, James P. Wind, pp. 125-40. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1991.

--------, Carl S. Dudley, and William McKinney. Handbook for Congregational Studies. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1986.

Dawn, Marva J. Truly The Community: Romans 12 and How to Be the Church. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1992.

Dolan, Jay P. Patterns of Leadership in the Congregation. In American Congregations. Vol. 2: New Perspectives in the Study of Congregations, ed. James P. Wind and James W. Lewis, pp. 225-56. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Douglas, H. Paul, and Edmund deS Brunner. The Protestant Church as a Social Institution. New York: Russell and Russell, 1935.

Dudley, Carl S. Using Church Images for Commitment, Conflict, and Renewal. In Congregations: Their Power to Form and Transform, ed. C. Ellis Nelson, pp. 89-113. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988.

--------, and Sally A. Johnson. Congregational Self-Images for Social Ministry. In Carriers of Faith: Lessons from Congregational Studies, ed. Carl S. Dudley, Jackson W. Carroll, and James P. Wind, pp. 104-21. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1991.

--------, and Nancy T. Ammerman. Congregations in Transition: A Guide for Analyzing, Assessing, and Adapting in Changing Communities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

--------, and Earle Hilgert. New Testament Tensions and the Contemporary Church. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987.

--------, Jackson W Carroll, James P. Wind, eds. Carriers of Faith: Lessons from Congregational Studies. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1991.

--------, ed. Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice in the Local Church. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1983.

Edwards, Jonathan. The Works of Jonathan Edwards. Vol. 3, ed. Edward Hickman. Edinburgh, Scotland: Banner of Truth Trust, 1995.

Evans, H. Barry, and Bruce Reed. The Success and Failure of a Religious Club. In Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice in the Local Church, ed. Carl S. Dudley, pp. 38-54. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1983.

Fishburn, Janet F. Leading: Paideia in a New Key. In Congregations: Their Power to Form and Transform, ed. C. Ellis Nelson, pp. 193-217. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988.

Fowler, James W. Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian: Adult Development and Christian Faith. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1984. Second edition, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

--------, and Sam Keen. Life Maps: Conversations on the Journey of Faith, ed. Jerome Berryman. Waco: Word Books, 1978.

--------. Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.

Friedman, Edwin H. Bowen Theory and Therapy. In Handbook of Family Therapy. Vol. II, ed. A. S. Gurman and D. P. Kniskern, pp. 134-70. New York: Brunner/Maze, 1991.

--------. A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix. Ed. Edward W. Beal and Margaret M. Treadwell. Bethesda, Md.: The Edwin H. Friedman Estate, 1999.

--------. Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue. New York: Guilford Press, 1985.

Gaede, Beth Ann, ed. Ending With Hope: A Resource for Closing Congregations. Bethesda, Md.: Alban Institute, 2002.

--------, ed. Size Transitions in Congregations. Bethesda, Md.: Alban Institute, 2001.

Galindo, Israel. The Craft of Christian Teaching. Valley Forge, Pa.: Judson Press, 1998.

--------. Staying Put. Congregations 30, no. 1 (Winter 2004): pp. 34-37.

--------. The Myth of Competence. Congregations 29, no. 1 (Winter 2003): pp. 17-19.

Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. New York: Little, Brown, 2000.

Goleman, Daniel, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee. Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.

Goldberg, Michael J. The 9 Ways of Working. New York: Marlow & Company, 1999.

Groome, Thomas. Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Gurman, A. S., and D. P. Kniskern, eds. Handbook of Family Therapy. Vol. II. New York: Brunner/Maze, 1991.

Hammett, Edward H. Making the Church Work: Converting the Church for the 21st Century. Macon, Ga.: Smyth & Helwys, 1997.

Hawkins, Thomas R. The Learning Congregation: A New Vision of Leadership. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997.

Hollander, E. P. Conformity, Status and Idiosyncrasy Credit. Psychological Review 65 (1958): pp. 117-27.

Holmes, Urban T. Spirituality for Ministry. The Library of Episcopalian Classics. Harrisburg, Pa.: Morehouse, 2002.

--------. A History of Christian Spirituality: An Analytical Introduction. The Library of Episcopalian Classics. Harrisburg, Pa: Morehouse, 2002.

Hopewell, James F. The Jovial Church: Narrative in Local Church Life. In Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice in the Local Church, ed. Carl S. Dudley, pp. 68-83. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1983.