The missional church in context : helping congregations develop contextual ministry /

The missional church in context : helping congregations develop contextual ministry / [print] edited by Craig Van Gelder. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, (c)2007. - x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Missional church series . - Missional church series. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Engaging the missional church conversation -- How missiology can help inform the conversation about the missional church in context The missional congregation in context A reformation is a terrible thing to waste : a promising theology for an emerging missional church Ecclesiology and leadership for the missional church Corps of discovery : a twenty-first-century contextual missiology for the denominational church in the United States The possibility of transforming the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (GeorgiaPCK) into a missional church An old new church in the marketplace : the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) into the twenty-first century A contextual missiology for the Southern Baptist Church in Taiwan : reviewing the past and envisioning the future Craig Van Gelder -- Scott Frederickson -- Gary M. Simpson -- Mark Lau Branson -- Terri Martinson Elton -- Joon Ho Lee -- Mary Sue Dehmlow Dreier -- James Tzu-Kao Chai.

The missional church conversation continues to make a vital contribution to thinking about congregations and their contexts, addressing the essential question What does it really mean to be church? This book offers substantial, clarifying insights into that ongoing dialogue.



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