{"title":"Editorial","authors":"S. Hill, Henk de Roest","doi":"10.1163/22144471-00501007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00501007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37169,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesial Practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22144471-00501007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44168471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Church in Life: Innovation, Mission and Ecclesiology, written by Michael Moynagh","authors":"A. Dunlop","doi":"10.1163/22144471-00402007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00402007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37169,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesial Practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22144471-00402007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41739365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful Church Mergers: Case Study Research from Australian Baptists","authors":"I. Hussey","doi":"10.1163/22144471-00501003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00501003","url":null,"abstract":"After surveying the theology and literature related to church mergers this article reports on the case studies of four recent mergers in the Queensland Baptist context. The research assesses how successful the church mergers have been, what were the motivators for the mergers, how were the obstacles overcome and what success-factors can be confirmed and/or developed. The article concludes with recommendations for congregations undertaking this difficult but rewarding task.","PeriodicalId":37169,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesial Practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22144471-00501003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44291619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}