In this challenging book, Professor Van Gelder sets out the characteristics of 'missional' churches - communities that are entirely Spirit-led, with identities firmly based on the nature of the Triune God.
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In this challenging book, Professor Van Gelder sets out the characteristics of 'missional' churches - communities that are entirely Spirit-led, with identities firmly based on the nature of the Triune God.
Contents 1. Spirit Led Ministry 2. Spirit Led Ministry In The Bible 3. Spirit Led Ministry In Context 4. Spirit Led Ministry In The U.S. Context And The Missional Church 5. Spirit Led Discernment And Decision Making 6. Spirit Led Leadership And Organization 7. Spirit Led Growth And Development
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In a time when churches are focusing on finding strategies and techniques to guarantee success, a movement toward the missional church is emerging. Missional churches are communities created by the Spirit with a unique nature and identity. Purpose and strategies of the church are derivative dimensions, the activities that flow naturally from the church that is focused on Spirit-led ministry. The Ministry of the Missional Church leads pastors, ministry leaders, and laypersons through three simple arguments???the church is; the church does what it is; the church organizes what it does???in order to make sense of how missional churches work. And by focusing the work of the church as the work of the Triune God, this unique book will change the way readers think about the church and the world.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 257794
- Product Code 9780801091391
- ISBNÂ 080109139X
- EANÂ 9780801091391
- Pages 208
- Department Academic
- Category Church
- Sub-Category Church Life/issues
- Publisher Baker Book House
- Publication Date Aug 2007
- Sales Rank 59701
- Dimensions 228 x 152 x 13mm
- Weight 0.344kg
Gelder Craig Van
Craig Van Gelder (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, PhD, University of Texas) is Professor of Congregational Mission at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, and the author of The Essence of the Church: A Community Created by the Spirit. He is the editor of the The Gospel and Our Culture Series which includes four volumes The Church between Gospel and Culture: The Emerging Mission in North America,The Missional Church in Context: Helping Congregations Develop Contextual Ministry,Confident Witness --- Changing World: Rediscovering the Gospel in North America, and The Missional Church and Denominations: Helping Congregations Develop a Missional Identity.
-Editorial Review- Koorong
- 1. Spirit-led Ministry 	<br>2. Spirit-led Ministry In The Bible 	<br>3. Spirit-led Ministry In Context 	<br>4. Spirit-led Ministry In The Us Context And The Missional Church 5. Spirit-led Discernment And Decision-making 	<br>6. Spirit-led Leadership And Organization 	<br>7. Spirit-led Growth And Development