Background
Cowell, Wilburn James was born on January 11, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wilburn Jackson and Hazel Eugenia (Babb) Cowell.
(In EXTENDING YOUR CONGREGATION'S WELCOME, Jim Cowell show...)
In EXTENDING YOUR CONGREGATION'S WELCOME, Jim Cowell showed how a congregation can create a warm and inviting climate in which to receive new people into the church. In this follow-up volume he asks the question: What do we do with people once they have joined the church? And he answers with dozens of creative and tested ideas about how to truly incorporate new members into the fellowship of the congregation. Incorporation, according to Cowell, is neither assimilation - where people lose a sense of their won identity by being swallowed into a larger group-nor is it mere membership. People are not truly incorporated until they enter into the bonds of believing, belonging, and becoming. Topics include: membership orientation, small groups, shepherding programs, and a "Congregational Live Perceptions" survey to check the climate in your congregation.
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Cowell, Wilburn James was born on January 11, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wilburn Jackson and Hazel Eugenia (Babb) Cowell.
Bachelor, Emory University, 1962. Master in Divinity, Emory University, 1965.
Associate pastor, Madison Heights United Methodist Church, Memphis, 1965-1968; pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church, Paris, Tennessee, 1968-1970; associate pastor, Mullins United Methodist Church, Memphis, 1970-1974; pastor, First United Methodist Church, Clinton, Kentucky, 1974-1976; minister of evangelism, First United Methodist Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1976-1980; pastor, Sunrise United Methodist Church, Colorado Springs, 1980-1983; director congressional development, General Board Discipleship United Methodist Church, Nashville, 1983-1991; pastor, Hilltop United Methodist Church, Sandy, Utah., since 1991.
(In EXTENDING YOUR CONGREGATION'S WELCOME, Jim Cowell show...)
Member Memphis United Methodist Conference (district chairperson evangelism), Rocky Mountain United Methodist Conference (past district chairperson evangelism, conference chairperson).
Married Norma Jean Bratton, December 30, 1961. Children: James Andrew, Norma Lynn, Janet Raye.