@article{804278,
      recid = {804278},
      author = {Beaumont, Susan,},
      title = {Inside the large congregation /},
      pages = {1 online resource (265 pages) :},
      abstract = {"For five years, Alban Institute senior consultant Susan  Beaumont has been giving voice to the organizational and  leadership demands of large congregations. Through her  work, she has identified five basic leadership systems that  need to stay in alignment for the large church to function  well for its size: clergy leadership roles, staff team  design and function, governance and board function,  acculturation and the role of laity, and forming and  executing strategy. She has also learned that these five  systems operate with some important but subtle distinctions  in what Beaumont calls the professional church (400-800 in  worship attendance), the strategic church (800-1,200), and  the matrix church (1,200-2,000). Often, she has discovered,  problems in a large congregation are related to the fact  that one or more of the five systems is inappropriately  structured for the size of the congregation. In other  words, the church isn't acting its size. Beaumont is  invested in helping large congregations 'rightsize' their  leadership systems to better serve their ministry context.  This book articulates why size matters and how it matters  in the world of large congregations. It is written for  anyone who wants to better understand the leadership and  organizational dynamics of the large church--anyone seeking  to understand the challenges of leading from inside the  large congregation"--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/804278},
}