How Your 21st-Century Church Family Works - 2nd Edition by Peter L Steinke Paperback

About the Book

Peter L. Steinke's daughter brings together the final writings from her father in this update of his classic book How Your Church Family Learns. The new edition includes a foreword from Steinke's longtime colleague Emlyn A. Ott at Healthy Congregations-the nonprofit consultancy founded by Steinke.

Book Synopsis

Peter L. Steinke'sdaughter brings together the final writings from her father in this update of his classic book How Your Church Family Learns. The new edition includes a foreword from Steinke's longtime colleague Emlyn A. Ott at Healthy Congregations--the nonprofit consultancy founded by Steinke.

Review Quotes

Here's a book that sheds light on the puzzle presented by troubled congregations. Steinke's insights from the theory of family systems lead clergy and laity to deeper understanding and discernment rather than to easy answers and quick fixes

Steinke is a clear-eyed, skilled consultant whose insights have stood the test of time. Other than Edwin Friedman, Steinke, a Lutheran pastor who studied with Friedman, is perhaps the most well-known of all practitioners of family systems theory.

There is no better guide through the invisible processes and systems that shape our lives together in church than Peter L. Steinke. Our leading authority on the systems of relationship that structure church life offers in his last book a deeply human vision of community in which faith and hope can exist alongside the anxiety of these times. This book is a gift.

About the Author

Peter L. Steinke was an internationally recognized leadership consultant who served as a parish pastor, therapist, director of a counseling center, educator, and executive director of Healthy Congregations. He is the author of several books, including Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What.