Leading Congregations and Nonprofits in a Connected World: Platforms, People, and Purpose [Hardcover]

Leading Congregations and Nonprofits in a Connected World shares emerging practices for leading and organizing congregations and nonprofits in our increasingly networked lives. Drawing on studies of congregations across denominations, and nonprofits with historic ties to faith communities, Hayim Herring and Terri Elton share practical, research-based guidance for how these organizations can more deeply engage with their communities and advance their impact in a socially connected world.

Hayim Herring is CEO of HayimHerring.com, whose mission is preparing today's leaders for tomorrow's organizations. He has served as executive director of a national congregational leadership foundation, senior rabbi of a prominent congregation, and assistant director of a Jewish federation. He is the author of Tomorrows Synagogue Today: Creating Vibrant Centers of Jewish Life and Keeping Faith in Rabbis: A Community Conversation on Rabbinical Education.

Terri Martinson Elton is associate professor of leadership at Luther Seminary. She has served as an associate to the bishop in the Saint Paul Area Synod and in various positions within a large Lutheran congregation. She is co-author of What Really Matters: 30 Devotions for Church Leadership Teams.

Drawing on their wide reading on and qualitative analysis of interview and social media data gathered from fifteen carefully chosen Jewish and Lutheran organizations, the authors identify wise practices and provide accessible tools for communities seeking to flourish during this time of change&. This book will be most valuable to pastors, priests, rabbis, religious non-profit executives, and the leadership teams with which they work. It provides theologically sensitive and socially savvy insight into the ancient and modern roles of religious leaders and communities& For this reader, it was worth the price of the book hearing interviewee David Ingber fearlessly advocate for balancing the wisdom of our traditions with the wlÓ6