Strategies for Change Book

	Introduction	9
Ch. 1	Covenant Community or Voluntary Association?	15
	Covenant Community Versus Voluntary Association	18
	What Are the Cohesive Forces?	18
	Trust or Consensus?	20
	Edict or Process?	22
	Who Is the Client?	25
	Past or Future Orientation?	27
	Charisma or Goals?	29
Ch. 2	What Is the Climate?	31
	Is This an Adversarial Environment?	31
	Is Apathy Worse?	34
	Who Has a Voice?	36
	Is Complacency the Issue?	38
	Is This a Supportive Environment?	40
	If Not, What Do We Do Next?	43
	What About That Adversarial Climate?	48
	What About That Benevolent Dictator?	49
Ch. 3	Who Stirs Up the Discontent?	52
	Who Identifies That Discrepancy?	53
	A Crucial Distinction	54
	Three Alternatives	54
	Why Do Coalitions Fail?	56
Ch. 4	Who Gave You the Authority?	59
	Authority or Power?	62
	The North American Spectrum	63
	From Given to Earned	64
	Nations and Denominations	65
	The Big Illusion	67
	The First Lesson	68
	Two More Lessons	68
	A Fourth Lesson	69
	A Fifth Lesson	69
	Eight Sources	69
	The Parish Context	76
	One Discordant Note	78
	Questions	78
Ch. 5	Who Decides?	80
	How Did It Happen?	82
	Four Lessons	85
	But Is That Democratic?	86
	Who Can Conceptualize Tomorrow?	88
	Who Controls?	88
	What Is the Issue?	89
Ch. 6	What Is Your Strategy?	90
	Three Levels of Change	90
	A Five Step Sequence	92
	That Crucial Second Step	93
	That Often Overlooked Third Step	96
	The Fourth Step	97
	The Fifth Step	99
	A Checklist for Change Agents	100
Ch. 7	Reform or Create?	107
	What Are Your Assumptions?	109
	What Are the Choices?	110
	Who Are the Victims?	112
Ch. 8	Three Scenarios	113
	Expanding the Sunday Morning Schedule	117
	The Toughest Call of All	119
	Why Did It Work?	122
	Notes	125