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" "Where Two or Three Are Gathered..": "
Pejack, Karin E.
Hartley, Loyde
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1114189
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TLpq2404588335
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Hartley, Loyde
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Pejack, Karin E.
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"Where Two or Three Are Gathered..":\ Pejack, Karin E.Hartley, Loyde
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Lancaster Theological Seminary
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2020
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2020
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D.Min.
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121
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| Abstract
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This project explores how the practice of two or more Christian congregations sharing a single facility impacts the participating congregations’ understanding of mission and ministry. How has the sharing experience, perhaps in surprising ways, affected the faith journeys of the congregations involved in facility-sharing? Through interviews, pastors and lay leaders of congregations involved in facility-sharing outline mission priorities of the participating congregations before and after beginning facility-sharing. Other data, such as details of preliminary agreements, interaction between/among groups, shared events and/or outreach, as well as financial benefits and liabilities for congregations sharing a facility, are collected and analyzed with an eye toward how this information reflects mission priorities and shifts in understanding of mission and ministry. This study is a qualitative accounting of congregations involved in facility-sharing in the region of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, based on a compilation of stories about their current experiences with facility-sharing.
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Church buildings
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Ecumenical partnerships
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Religion
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Shared facilities
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Sociology
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Theology
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