Trust by Design: The Beautiful Behaviors of an Effective Church Culture

Previously she was lead executive for the Connectional Table, which coordinates the mission, ministries, and programs of The United Methodist Church.  As an ordained deacon from the North Georgia Conference, she was project manager for the 2012 Vital Churches Initiative.  She earned a doctorate in Christian education and congregational studies.  She is the author with her husband of

About the AuthorAmy Valdez Barker is the director of global mission connections for the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. Previously she was lead executive for the Connectional Table, which coordinates the mission, ministries, and programs of The United Methodist Church.  As an ordained deacon from the North Georgia Conference, she was project manager for the 2012 Vital Churches Initiative.  She earned a doctorate in Christian education and congregational studies.  She is the author with her husband of 365 Devotions for Couples,

The book will level the playing field, so that a small group of church leaders can engage together as peers (lay and clergy) within their particular faith community.  This book is useful for pastors and staff teams, the personnel committee, the administrative board or church council, and youth leaders.. Trust is a bankable asset for leaders who direct, shape, and guide faith communities. The concepts are supported by anecdotes and stories, so that the reader is invited to share or journal with their own experiences. Trust is a form of equity that fuels attitudes, behaviors, and actions in faith communities who aim to transform the world.  Through a process of self-examination into the behaviors and actions that hel