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003			OCoLC
005			20240726103849.0
008			860708s1986 tnu b 000 0 eng
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050	0	4	_aBR481 _b.F674 1986
050	0	4	_aBR481
100	1		_aSnyder, Howard A., _e1
245	1	0	_aForesight : _b10 major trends that will dramatically affect the future of Christians and the Church / _cHoward A. Snyder with Daniel V. Runyon.
246	0		_aForesight
260			_aNashville, Tennessee : _bThomas Nelson, _c(c)1986.
300			_a190 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_a1 (pages 180-190).
505	0	0	_aIntroduction: why trace trends? -- _tFrom regional churches to world church -- _tFrom scattered growth to broad revival -- _tFrom Communist China to Christian China -- _tFrom institutional tradition to kingdom theology -- _tFrom clergy/laity to community of ministers -- _tFrom male leadership to male/female partnership -- _tFrom secularization to religious relativism -- _tFrom nuclear family to family diversity -- _tFrom church/state separation to Christian political activism -- _tFrom threatened nations to threatened planet -- _tConclusion: tomorrow's church- alternative futures.
520	0		_aWhat awaits the church in the 21st century? The Lord proclaims, "I do not change," yet in a world hurling toward astonishing breakthroughs in communications and technology, will the church be equipped to meet the challenges that will most assuredly affect the body of Christ? To alert the church to the future, Howard A. Snyder with Daniel V. Runyon, present ten major trends that must be heeded in order for the church to survive. Snyder and Runyon conducted an international survey of "keen observers of the church and society" -among them educators, social scientists, and church leaders-and asked them to identify key trends. Emerging currents toward a world church, increased Christian political activism, and the threats to our planet are included in this fascinating treatise. Both optimistic and pessimistic about the trends shaping the church, Snyder and Runyon feel that you, the thinking, caring Christian, must face up to these changes. "What the global picture will be, and what this means for the church," write Snyder and Runyon, "is the primary focus of our analysis." _c~ BOOK SLEEVE:
530			_a2
650		0	_aChristianity _y20th century.
653			_aChristian Philosophy.
655		1	_aPhilosophy & Religion.
700	1		_aRunyon, Daniel V., _eaut
942			_cBK _hBR _m1986 _e4 _i2018-07-14 _k0.00 _2ddc _w83.68 (AbeBooks)
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell