Before the Resurrection

By Emily Provance

How do Friends' meetings and churches adapt to changing or shrinking communities? A smaller or older meeting is no less valuable to God than a larger one, but the ""more is better"" messaging of modern culture tells us otherwise. This book weaves together logistical suggestions with eternal spiritual principles to help meetings right-size their institutions. Whether a group is altering its committee structures, restructuring entirely, selling a building, or laying itself down, the steps are essentially the same: recognizing the need for change, discerning the will of God at this time, caring for one another, and stepping forward into a new thing. Friends are a resurrection people. We know there will always be a renewal of life. But resurrection is not the same as resuscitation. How do we best make space for what God may do next?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F4LNNRDW
• ISBN13: 9798385228690
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"