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    Reasons to Believe in the Institutional Church
    Reasons to Believe in the Institutional Church
    Reasons to Believe in the Institutional Church
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    Reasons to Believe in the Institutional Church

    By John Zehring

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    “Reasons to Believe in the Institutional Church” was inspired by a presentation by that title given by Krister Stendahl, former Dean of the Faculty of Divinity at Harvard. While I do not remember his points, I cannot forget his title. It was refreshing to embrace his advocacy for the church, for then, as now, critics of the church seemed more common than church mice. And so, after a career as a Senior Pastor of churches and after the manner of Krister Stendahl, I offer in this book my reasons for believing in the institutional church.
    John Zehring

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Zehring
    Release dateMar 25, 2020
    ISBN9780463434840
    Reasons to Believe in the Institutional Church
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    John Zehring

    John Zehring has served United Church of Christ congregations as Senior Pastor in Massachusetts (Andover), Rhode Island (Kingston), and Maine (Augusta) and as an Interim Pastor in Massachusetts (Arlington, Harvard). Prior to parish ministry, he served in higher education, primarily in development and institutional advancement. He worked as a dean of students, director of career planning and placement, adjunct professor of public speaking and as a vice president at a seminary and at a college. He is the author of more than sixty books and is a regular writer for The Christian Citizen, an American Baptist social justice publication. He has taught Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Educational Psychology and Church Administration. John was the founding editor of the publication Seminary Development News, a publication for seminary presidents, vice presidents and trustees (published by the Association of Theological Schools, funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment). He graduated from Eastern University and holds graduate degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary, Rider University, and the Earlham School of Religion. He is listed in Marquis' WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and is a recipient of their Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. John and his wife Donna live in two places, in central Massachusetts and by the sea in Maine.

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