Table of Contents
Editor's Foreword vii
Preface viii
Historical Background xi
Modern versus Postmodern xiii
Why Is Leadership in the Mainline Church So Difficult? 1
Technical and Adaptive Change 8
How Did It Come to This? 17
The First Element of the Perfect Storm: The Hurricane of Change in American Culture 18
The Second Element of the Perfect Storm: Organizational Obsolescence 25
The Third Element of the Perfect Storm: The "High Pressure" of Anxiety 38
Conclusion of Part I: The Three Most Important Questions 43
Challenges Confronting Mainline Churches Today 45
Generational Differences 46
The Crisis in Governance of "Mainline" Churches 56
Seeing the Challenges through Polarities 63
Leading a Journey of Transformation 75
Personal Aspects of Leading Adaptive Change 76
Systemic Aspects of Leading Adaptive Change 93
Why Bother? 113
Questions to Use in Exploring a Context 123
Notes 127
Bibliography 130