Developing a COVID-19 Ecclesiology

By Nick Warnes

No matter where you are in the world, COVID-19 has impacted churches. Leaders of these churches are struggling to adapt amidst increased protocols that have made it virtually impossible to remain unchanged. It can be hard to adapt, manage losses, and even know what questions to be asking. 

 

Developing a COVID-19 Ecclesiology is a collaboratively written workbook that helps guide your leadership team to faithfully adapt by offering missional priorities, new frameworks, and discussion questions so that your church doesn't sink in the pandemic. Download your copy today so your team can come together and lead well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cyclical Publishing
• Release date: Apr 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393538868

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Developing a COVID-19 Ecclesiology

How to Quickly Adapt Your Church For Our New Context

First published by Cyclical Resources 2020

Copyright © 2020 by Cyclical INC

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This resource was created by gathering praxis-oriented narratives from ecclesial innovators from the United States and Canada who are adaptively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. To them we owe our deepest gratitude.

Contents

Preface

I. SETTING THE FOUNDATION

1. Big Picture

2. Phases

II. IMPLEMENTING CHANGE

3. Worship

4. Beyond the Communal Worship Gathering

5. Leadership

6. Finances

Continuing the Relationship

Preface

In early 2020, the Coronavirus became a worldwide pandemic. As a pastor or church leader, you had to quickly find ways to address the changes that this virus has brought to our entire society. Many of these decisions had to be made before you had time for ecclesiological reflection. But now, as this new reality is settling in, you have an opportunity to