Diagnosis and Prescription for a Healthy Church

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This course introduces students to literature and models in the field of church health. Students will analyze current research on church health as a pastoral concern and identify the benefits and risks of applying church health theory to a local congregation. Various criteria for defining a healthy church will be explored. Students will diagnose the health of a specific church, identify areas of needed attention, and develop initial prescriptions for the renewed health of that church body.