Creating the Future of the Church
A Practical Guide to Addressing Whole System Change
What happens if you apply the principles of organisational success to the Church of England?
Deeply aware that more could be done to guarantee a successful future for the Church as an organisation, Keith Elford explores the challenges it faces and urges us to take a more coherent approach to the way we think about and ‘do’ church. Thus the aim of Creating the Future of the Church is to provide a practicable framework and process to allow readers to find their own answers to ensure the Church’s organisational health and effectiveness.
Published 19 September 2013 by SPCK
The Nazareth Dance
An essay describing how a 150 year old Roman Catholic Congregation and old age care provider transformed its fortunes by adding business effectiveness and efficiency to underpin a renewed sense of mission. Describes a project carried out by the authors for Telos Partners Ltd.
By Keith Elford and John Beckford
The church and organisation theory: Peter Rudge and after
This paper, presented at the University of Roehampton, introduces basic questions that arise when organisation theory is applied within the church. It offers a critical account of Peter Rudge’s Ministry and Management (1968), the earliest treatment of the theme of church and organisation theory. It indicates some of the new insights and theoretical developments post-Rudge that should now inform thinking on the subject and some of the questions and lines of inquiry that will inform my PhD research.
