Date of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Abstract
A case study of conducting an interim missionally. Presents theological and theoretical bases for missional interim processes and description of an actual interim period in which the interim was approached missionally. Units of analyses are environment/context, power/leadership, conflict, organizational restructuring, trust, and conventional interim tasks. Interpretation of data is by time-sequence analysis and explanation building.
Charismatic power yielded to democratic expressions through process of legitimization. Political organizing within congregation was method for power transformation. Goal was communicative action that discerned the mission of God, determined congregation’s calling within that mission, and described congregation’s ministries to carry out its calling. i
Recommended Citation
Hagen, Christopher Edwin, "Missional Interim Ministry Processes a Case Study" (2008). Doctor of Ministry Theses. 1.
https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/dmin_theses/1