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New Life Ministries Reports

New Life Ministries Reports are produced several times a year by New Life Ministries and are distributed by our partner denominations. They are based on ongoing research conducted by New Life Ministries and Christian Community and are prepared by Steve Clapp and Kristen Leverton Helbert.

We grant you permission to reproduce them for use in your local congregation, though we do ask that you indicate the source of the material as New Life Ministries.

	Being Proactive Makes a Difference describes the attitude and approach of congregations that take the initiative to reach out to others. It includes a reproducible bulletin insert for use in your congregation.
	Changing Face of Worship explores both the opportunities and tensions facing congregations on this important topic.
	Congregational Morale and Church Growth shows how your members think of your church will affect its growth potential.
	The Cyber Church: Electronic Tools and Ministry examines the multifaceted opportunities available for outreach and ministry today.
	Developing a Financially Strong Congregation describes how financial giving is one indicator of the vitality of a person's spiritual life. It also includes a reproducible bulletin insert.
	Exit Interviews & Other Healthy Strategies explains a process to learn valuable insights from persons who choose to leave a congregation.
	Healthy Sunday School – Growing Church offers suggestions on how to improve our outreach through Christian education.
	Hospitality and Fear: The Impact of Fear Since September 11 helps address these questions: How do we relate to strangers following the events of September 11, 2001? How do we help people develop a deep spirituality which will speak to the fears so many are experiencing?
	Hospitality and Public Relations looks examines our "public relations" as congregations from the broadest sense. It also includes a public relations checklist and a hospitality audit.
	Institutional Maintenance asks the question: Does an internal focus drain your congregation?
	Leadership & Management: Neither Is Optional contrasts leadership and management as preferred styles for pastors and addresses these styles in the Anabaptist context.
	Peace, Justice, and Church Growth reports that these emphases are not mutually exclusive. In fact, an emphasis on peace and justice issues may appeal to persons outside the Christian faith and the church.
	Reaching the Forgotten offers help in identifying those forgotten or overlooked in your congregational outreach and ministry. It includes a reproducible checklist to use in your congregation.
	Reaching Teenagers notes that though most youth have strong religious beliefs, that does not necessarily mean they are involved in a church.
	Reaching Young Adults lists some of the life views the are different between young adults and the more "seasoned saints" in our churches. It also suggest seven practical strategies for reaching young adults.
	Small and Strong: What Makes a Healthy Small Congregation? highlights the particular strengths of smaller congregations.
	Strangers Become Friends describes practical ways in which congregations may become more hospitable. It includes a reproducible bulletin insert to use in your congregation.

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