The Organizational Revolution

This book addresses the organizational character of American religious history and points to a tentative but significant conclusion: The Presbyterian Church has been undergoing an organizational revolution, and the roots of this revolution seem to have preceded the dramatic membership decline that began in the mid-1960s.Through its examination of American Presbyterianism, the Presbyterian Presence series illuminates patterns of change in mainstream Protestantism and American religious and cultural life in the twentieth century.

Series Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 13
Contributors	p. 15
Introduction	p. 19
The Incorporation of the Presbyterians	p. 37
Managing the Mission: Church Restructuring in the Twentieth Century	p. 55
The American Presbytery in the Twentieth Century	p. 96
A Financial History of American Presbyterian Giving, 1923-1983	p. 122
Changing Priorities: Allocation of Giving in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.	p. 132
Global and Local Mission: Allocation of Giving in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1923-1982	p. 154
A Financial History of Presbyterian Congregations Since World War II	p. 171
Money and Power: Presbyterian Women's Organizations in the Twentieth Century	p. 199
Men and Mission: The Shifting Fortunes of Presbyterian Men's Organizations in the Twentieth Century	p. 233
Special-Interest Groups and American Presbyterianism	p. 254
The Emerging Importance of Presbyterian Polity	p. 279
The National Organizational Structures of Protestant Denominations: An Invitation to a Conversation	p. 307
Notes	p. 333
Index	p. 379
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