Wide Welcome: How the Unsettling Presence of Newcomers Can Save the Church Author: Jessicah Krey Duckworth Retail Price: $26.13 Our Price: $26.13 Save: 0.00 (0.00%) Availability: In Stock        While most churches offer 'new member classes' and genuinely seek to welcome visitors, too often the end result is a rush to assimilate the newcomer into formal membership and all of the invitations to participation in committees, choirs, or fellowship groups that go along with it.   In Wide Welcome, Jessicah Krey Duckworth presents the stark differences between the established congregation, which cares for current members and congregational identity, and the disestablished one, intentionally equipped to facilitate the encounter between new and established members. By intentionally extending the time of newcomer inquiry and allowing their questions, insights, and experiences to reverberate through the entire congregation both they and the church are changed. Wide Welcome does far more than point out the faults and weaknesses in current practice. Duckworth intentionally lays out possible designs for newcomer welcome that are local and particular. Similar Items you may enjoy! Companions: Accompanying Newcomers into Church Life and Faith Author: Marney Ault Wasserman Our Price: $17.10 Companions: Accompanying Newcomers into Church Life and Faith - eBook Author: Marney Ault Wasserman and Sue Westfall Our Price: $9.89 Arms Open Wide: A Call to Linger in the Savior's Presence - eBook Author: Sherri Gragg Our Price: $6.49 The Death And Resurrection of the Episcopal Church: How To Save A Church In Decline Second Edition Our Price: $15.26

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