The Missional Church and Denominations Helping Congregations Develop a Missional Identity |
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| Author:
| Van Gelder, Craig |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8028-6358-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $52.95 |
Book Description:
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The Missional Church and Denominations utilizes the missional church conversation as a lens for engaging an important dimension of church life in the United States -- denominations and denominationalism. Denominations have been studied from a wide variety of perspectives, including historical, sociological, and theological, but they have yet to be engaged in light of a missional church understanding. Here each essay helps to bring further clarity to the...
More Description The Missional Church and Denominations utilizes the missional church conversation as a lens for engaging an important dimension of church life in the United States -- denominations and denominationalism.
Denominations have been studied from a wide variety of perspectives, including historical, sociological, and theological, but they have yet to be engaged in light of a missional church understanding. Here each essay helps to bring further clarity to the word "missional" and contributes to the ever-widening conversation.
Contributors:
Daniel R. Anderson
Marion Wyvetta Bullock
David G. Forney
Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
Todd Hobart
Alan J. Roxburgh
Kyle J. A. Small
Craig Van Gelder
Dwight Zscheile