{"product_id":"how-your-21st-century-church-family-works","title":"How Your 21st-Century Church Family Works","description":"The first edition of \u003ci\u003eHow Your Church Family Works \u003c\/i\u003ewas written nearly thirty years ago, and the reach and velocity of change in the last three decades poses a new challenge for churches. Thirty years ago, churches functioned in a fairly stable environment and focused on growth an expansion. The tide has turned now, though, and supplanted increase with decline. Bowen family systems theory—on which \u003ci\u003eHow Your Church Family Works\u003c\/i\u003e is based—has not changed, but its application has to be revised for the twenty-first century. \u003ci\u003eHow Your 21\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003est\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Century Church Family Works\u003c\/i\u003e, the second edition of Peter Steinke’s landmark book, addresses the radically altered landscape of church sustainability with new introductory and concluding chapters bookending updates throughout the now-classic text. Core chapters of the book feature fresh examples of emotional process that are more exemplary of the current scene. One key addition is a new trigger of anxiety for churches—the change process. Change threatens the familiar and stable and suffers from negative connotations of endangering tradition. Where gradual change has been the norm for so long, churches now see a blistering pace of disruptions, some of which have forced change too early or too late, or sometimes in unproductive directions. \u003ci\u003eHow Your 21\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003est\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Century Church\u003c\/i\u003e family works embraces the anxiety caused by change, transforming it from a source of anguish to a font of opportunity.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238996431192,"sku":"9781538149133","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781538149133_b3588b2a-f4a6-40c3-8e5a-8f477da13f41.jpg?v=1769825719","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/how-your-21st-century-church-family-works","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}