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Overview
The majority of North American Protestant congregations and denominations, says Hamman, have experienced significant losses since the 1960s. Moreover, the dynamic and growing churches that are changing their traditions experience the loss of what was familiar to them. These losses, past and present, typically remain unnamed and unmourned. Familiar hymnals are replaced, congregations move into new buildings, pastors move on-without congregations adequately dealing with their emotions about such changes.When Steeples Cry explores the diverse nature of loss occurring in North American church contexts: numerical, relationship, material, identity, functional, role, and systemic losses, and suggests how to grieve loss well and move on from it in healthy, life-giving ways.
Synopsis
The majority of North American Protestant congregations and denominations, says Hamman, have experienced significant losses since the 1960s. Moreover, the dynamic and growing churches that are changing their traditions experience the loss of what was familiar to them. These losses, past and present, typically remain unnamed and unmourned. Familiar hymnals are replaced, congregations move into new buildings, pastors move on-without congregations adequately dealing with their emotions about such changes.
When Steeples Cry explores the diverse nature of loss occurring in North American church contexts: numerical, relationship, material, identity, functional, role, and systemic losses, and suggests how to grieve loss well and move on from it in healthy, life-giving ways.