Bender, Ross Thomas,  1929-, <br/><br/>
Education for peoplehood :  essays on the teaching ministry of the church /  [print] 
Ross T. Bender ; foreword by Daniel S. Schipani. 
 - Elkhart, Indiana :  Institute of Mennonite Studies,  (c)1997. 
 - xv, 245 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Text reader series ;  8 .
 - Text reader series ;  8. .
<br/><br/> Many of these essays were initially presented in seminars, workshops, consultations, and classes and were previously published in various journals. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Could any work be more important? -- Nurture : passing on the faith --  The family : a setting for education --  The teacher : example, revealer, change agent --  The teaching ministry of the church --  Teaching the Bible in the congregation --  The Sunday School : history and purpose --  The relevance of some aspects of Piaget's theory for the teaching ministry of the church --  The aims of education --  On being and becoming a person --  Conversion in religious development --  Anabaptist education --  Indoctrination --  Seminary and congregation : communities of discernment --  Theological education in the free church tradition --  Christian education in theological education --  The meaning to the seminaries of the changing international situation. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780936273259 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98118105 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mennonites--Education.<br/>Christian education--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX8111.I59.E383 1997