Ancient Faith, Future Mission

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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1596272228
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (962 download)

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Book Synopsis Ancient Faith, Future Mission by : Steven J. L. Croft

Download or read book Ancient Faith, Future Mission written by Steven J. L. Croft and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritual practices and insights of the Anglican tradition make an extraordinary contribution to mission efforts in our postmodern, de-churched, never-churched, yet spiritually hungry society. In this timely and practical book, pioneers, leaders and theologians from the US and the UK share their stories and offer reflections for building a future-focused, mission-shaped church that is deeply rooted in sacramental traditions.

Fresh Expressions in the Sacramental Tradition

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848254423
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis Fresh Expressions in the Sacramental Tradition by : Steven Croft

Download or read book Fresh Expressions in the Sacramental Tradition written by Steven Croft and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mission Shaped Church, the groundbreaking report published in 2004 has sold over 20,000 copies and has changed the way mission is done. This title offers a resource for exploring and applying the insights from fresh style mission in the traditional wings of the church where various worship communities are being formed.

Ancient Faith, Future Mission

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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781596271241
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (712 download)

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Book Synopsis Ancient Faith, Future Mission by : Steven J. L. Croft

Download or read book Ancient Faith, Future Mission written by Steven J. L. Croft and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritual practices and insights of the Anglican tradition make an extraordinary contribution to mission efforts in our postmodern, de-churched, never-churched, yet spiritually hungry society. In this timely and practical book, pioneers, leaders and theologians from the US and the UK share their stories and offer reflections for building a future-focused, mission-shaped church that is deeply rooted in sacramental traditions.

Fresh Expressions in the Mission of the Church

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 0715110675
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (151 download)

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Book Synopsis Fresh Expressions in the Mission of the Church by : Church of England

Download or read book Fresh Expressions in the Mission of the Church written by Church of England and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians are increasingly seeking new ways of doing church, often called 'fresh expressions', which has created new questions and challenges for the Church as a whole. This Anglican-Methodist report explores the challenges raised by fresh expressions, from what it means to be a 'church', to sacramental life and the deployment of resources.

Doorways to the Sacred

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848259514
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis Doorways to the Sacred by : Ian Mobsby

Download or read book Doorways to the Sacred written by Ian Mobsby and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh Expressions of Church are key aspect of mission strategy for many denominations in the UK and beyond. Here, a stellar line-up of writers explores the central question of how Fresh Expressions turn from mission projects into authentic forms of church, developing a sacramental life of their own. Chapters include: • Lucy Moore on Messy Church and Holy Communion • Graham Cray on the sacraments for the unchurched • Jonathan Clark on baptism and mission • John Drane on seeing the world as sacramental • Sue Wallace on the sacramentality of sacred space • Reagan Humber (pastor at Nadia-Bolz Weber’s church) on liturgy and evangelism • Adrian Chatfield on healing

Fresh Expressions of Church and the Kingdom of God

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848255047
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis Fresh Expressions of Church and the Kingdom of God by : Ian Mobsby

Download or read book Fresh Expressions of Church and the Kingdom of God written by Ian Mobsby and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book poses a challenging question: what are the aims of mission and are they being achieved through Fresh Expressions? A range of contributors argue that mission is equally about social transformation or, in biblical terms, building the kingdom of God, as well as building the church.

Testing Fresh Expressions

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317045793
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Testing Fresh Expressions by : John Walker

Download or read book Testing Fresh Expressions written by John Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testing Fresh Expressions investigates whether fresh expressions of church really do what is claimed for them by the fresh expressions movement and, in particular, whether their unique approach helps to reverse trends of decline experienced by traditional churches. Part 1 examines those claims and untangles their sociological and theological assumptions. From a careful study of factors underlying attendance decline and growth, Part 2 argues that long-term decline can be resisted only if churches are better able to attract children, the non-churched or both. Part 3 tests the comparative ability of a group of growing parish churches and a group of fresh expressions to resist trends of decline and discovers some intriguing social dynamics common to both groups. Part 4 argues that fresh expressions do not fulfil the unique role often claimed for them but that they do have the capacity to help reinvigorate the whole church.

Critique of Fresh Expressions

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1447518055
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (475 download)

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Book Synopsis Critique of Fresh Expressions by : Jonny Gios

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Fresh!

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Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048788
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Fresh! by : David Goodhew

Download or read book Fresh! written by David Goodhew and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-01-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh ! offers a strong rationale for fresh expressions and pioneer ministries rooted in scripture and in the breath of the Christian tradition. This is tested against the realities of contemporary British culture and critiques of the notion of Fresh Expressions. It offers practical guidance for starting and sustaining such ministries in the long term. It provides a survey of best practice within Fresh Expressions and pioneer ministry.Fresh ! comes out of the mature reflection of church leaders and theologians who have been active in such ministries over a number of years, showing how such ministries are integral to the work of the church both now and over the long term.This is combined with valuable practical advice - the best kind of practical theology.

For the Parish

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Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334047625
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis For the Parish by : Andrew Davison

Download or read book For the Parish written by Andrew Davison and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh Expressions of Church are most significant development in the Church of England. Parishes are the mainstay of the 'inherited church'. The authors demonstrate that the traditions of the parish church represent ways in which time, space, community are ordered in relation to God and the gospel.

Sharing Friendship

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317055594
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Sharing Friendship by : John B. Thomson

Download or read book Sharing Friendship written by John B. Thomson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharing Friendship represents a post-liberal approach to ecclesiology and theology generated out of the history, practices and traditions of the Anglican Church. Drawing on the theological ethics of Stanley Hauerwas, this book explores the way friendship for the stranger emerges from contextually grounded reflection and conversations with contemporary Anglican theologians within the English tradition, including John Milbank, Oliver O’Donovan, Rowan Williams, Daniel Hardy and Anthony Thiselton. Avoiding abstract definitions of character, mission or friendship, John Thomson explores how the history of the English Church reflects a theology of friendship and how discipleship in the New Testament, the performance of worship, and the shape of Anglican ecclesiology are congruent with such a theology. The book concludes by rooting the theme of sharing friendship within the self-emptying kenotic performance of Jesus’ mission, and looks at challenges to the character of contemporary Anglican ecclesiology represented by secularization and globalization as well as by arguments over appropriate new initiatives such as Fresh Expressions.

The Transformative Church

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Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1451474709
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Book Synopsis The Transformative Church by : Patrick Oden

Download or read book The Transformative Church written by Patrick Oden and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the course of his theological career, Jrgen Moltmann has been interested in the ecclesial and societal consequences of systematic theology and what each doctrine means for our life in this world. The Transformative Church explores these concerns in Moltmanns major texts and highlighting themes relevant for a transformative ecclesiology. Patrick Oden constructs a substantive transformative ecclesiology embedded in this world: we are to become in the church who we are to be in this world, whole in Christ so as to be a messianic people in any context.

Beating the Boundaries

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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819232947
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Beating the Boundaries by : John Spicer

Download or read book Beating the Boundaries written by John Spicer and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the image of the traditional practice of “beating the bounds” of the parish, this book contrasts the desire to mark boundaries with God’s call to explore boundaries in order to open them. Building on visits to nine Episcopal and Church of England congregations, Spicer explores how they are opening the boundaries between inherited expressions of church and the unique contexts in which they find themselves. He argues that to beat the boundaries around their current expressions of church, congregations should (1) name a missional identity common to both their past expressions of congregational life and the church they hear God calling them to become; (2) identify whom they’re seeking to reach in the community and how they intend to do so; (3) identify what sort of new church expression God is calling them to create; (4) empower a missional leader and plan for governance issues their work may raise; and (5) collaboratively identify how to define success and how to understand what might be seen as failure in terms of common church metrics.

Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor

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Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 033405950X
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor by : Jonny Baker

Download or read book Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor written by Jonny Baker and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact that John V. Taylor had on our contemporary understanding of mission is vast – his determination that mission should mean engagement across cultural boundaries has deep resonance today. In 'Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor', leading missional thinkers Jonny Baker and Cathy Ross invite us into a vision of church, mission and society which takes John Taylor’s ideas seriously, seeking to imagine what Taylor’s insights might mean for these three areas in our contemporary context. The result is a clarion call to the church to take bigger risks and dream bigger dreams.

The Oxford Handbook of Christian Monasticism

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191003964
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Christian Monasticism by : Bernice M. Kaczynski

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Christian Monasticism written by Bernice M. Kaczynski and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook takes as its subject the complex phenomenon of Christian monasticism. It addresses, for the first time in one volume, the multiple strands of Christian monastic practice. Forty-four essays consider historical and thematic aspects of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Protestant, and Anglican traditions, as well as contemporary 'new monasticism'. The essays in the book span a period of nearly two thousand years—from late ancient times, through the medieval and early modern eras, on to the present day. Taken together, they offer, not a narrative survey, but rather a map of the vast terrain. The intention of the Handbook is to provide a balance of some essential historical coverage with a representative sample of current thinking on monasticism. It presents the work of both academic and monastic authors, and the essays are best understood as a series of loosely-linked episodes, forming a long chain of enquiry, and allowing for various points of view. The authors are a diverse and international group, who bring a wide range of critical perspectives to bear on pertinent themes and issues. They indicate developing trends in their areas of specialisation. The individual contributions, and the volume as a whole, set out an agenda for the future direction of monastic studies. In today's world, where there is increasing interest in all world monasticisms, where scholars are adopting more capacious, global approaches to their investigations, and where monks and nuns are casting a fresh eye on their ancient traditions, this publication is especially timely.

Doorways to the Sacred

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848259530
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis Doorways to the Sacred by : Ian Mobsby

Download or read book Doorways to the Sacred written by Ian Mobsby and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh Expressions of Church are key aspect of mission strategy for many denominations in the UK and beyond. Here, a stellar line-up of writers explores the central question of how Fresh Expressions turn from mission projects into authentic forms of church, developing a sacramental life of their own. Chapters include: • Lucy Moore on Messy Church and Holy Communion • Graham Cray on the sacraments for the unchurched • Jonathan Clark on baptism and mission • John Drane on seeing the world as sacramental • Sue Wallace on the sacramentality of sacred space • Reagan Humber (pastor at Nadia-Bolz Weber’s church) on liturgy and evangelism • Adrian Chatfield on healing

The Hospitality of God

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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 159627140X
Total Pages : 161 pages
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Book Synopsis The Hospitality of God by : Mary Gray-Reeves

Download or read book The Hospitality of God written by Mary Gray-Reeves and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when two bishops known for their liturgical sensibilities travel to study alternative Christian communities on two continents? Bishops Mary Gray-Reeves and Michael Perham traveled throughout the U.S. and U.K. to study fresh expressions of church and identify the principles that link these new forms of worship and community. The Hospitality of God captures their practical and inspiring findings and builds a bridge between fresh new voices and the institutional church.