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Stephanie Spellers. Radical Welcome
Contents
Foreword
The Radical Welcome Journey
A Tale of Two Welcomes
The Radical Welcome Project
Your Radical Welcome Journey
Defining Radical Welcome
Radical Welcome Is . .
Radical Welcome Is Not . .
Eight Radically Welcoming Congregations
GO DEEPER . .
The Dream of God
The God of Transformation
The God of Relationship
The God of Welcome
GO DEEPER . .
Living with Arms Wide Open
Surrender All
Saying “Yes” to Conversion
Radical Welcome as Spiritual Practice
GO DEEPER . .
Be Not Afraid
The Reality of Fear
Be Not Afraid
Fear and Wisdom
Fear and Freedom
Fear and Faith
Practicing Resurrection
GO DEEPER . .
Beyond Inviting and Inclusion
The Inviting Congregation
The Inclusive Congregation
The Radically Welcoming Congregation
GO DEEPER . .
Radical Welcome Signs
Mission and Vision
Identity
Ministries and Relationships
Leadership and Feedback Systems
Worship
GO DEEPER …
Re-imagine Your Common Life
Mission and Vision
Transforming Your Mission and Vision
Where Are We Now?
Where Is God Inviting Us to Go?
Identity
Transforming Your Identity
Where Are We Now?
Where Is God Inviting Us to Go?
Ministries and Relationships
Transforming Your Ministries and Relationships
Where Are We Now?
Where Is God Inviting Us to Go?
Leadership and Feedback Systems
Transforaiing Your Leadership and Feedback Systems
Where Are We Noto?
Where Is God Inviting Us to Go?
Worship
Assimilation
Acculturation
Inculturation
Trans forming Your Worship
Where Are We Now?
Where Is God Inviting Us to Go?
GO DEEPER …
Check Your Reality
What Are “They” Saying About “Us”?
The Church of the Empire
A Liberating Legacy
What’s Your Congregational Reality?
GO DEEPER . .
Reckon with Your Fear
The “F” Word
Fear of The Other
Fear of Change
The Sound of Fear
Holding the Fear
Practices for Reckoning with Fear. Practice compassion with your own fears
Open the space for honesty and truth-telling
Train a team of leaders committed to pastoral care and transformation
Bring compassion and wisdom to the resistance
Use and share breath and meditation practices
Be prepared for the backlash
Mine for your tradition’s resources for dealing with fear
Return to the dream
GO DEEPER . .
Where Do We Go from Here?
Craft a Vision Together
Choose Your Battles
Give Thanks for the Small Victories
Be Gentle with Each Other
The Practices of a Radically Welcoming Community
Engage in Formation for Radical Welcome
Model New Attitudes
Create and Nurture Supportive Structures
Welcome The Other
Prepare for the Journey
GO DEEPER . .
The Joy in the Struggle
Bread for the Journey. An Online Companion
Bibliography. Power, Privilege, and Welcoming People from the Margins. General
Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Emerging Generations
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People
People with Disabilities
The Church of the Future
Radically Welcoming Worship
Evangelism and New Member Incorporation
Facing Our Fears
Corporate and Secular Change Processes
Congregational Development and Transformation
Other Resources
Acknowledgments
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Advance Praise for Radical Welcome
When the drafters of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer began the work of reshaping the church’s worship experience, one of the first principles they addressed was the need to have the whole community present at the Eucharist. They were clear that adults, elders, and children all needed a place at the table. Perhaps this example from the mid-1940s is the beginning of our church’s on-going struggle with the question of diversity.
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• you’re ready to cast your own radically welcoming vision, to imagine in Technicolor what would happen at your church if you embraced fresh words, voices, songs, and faces, all standing alongside the wise, revered traditions and voices that have grounded your church’s identity so far;
• or you’ve already begun the journey toward radical change, but now you need to reckon with your history, fear (your own and others’), complacency, or a host of other challenges along the way.
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