[PDF] Church Invisible eBook

Author : Steve Aisthorpe
Publisher : Saint Andrew Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0861539168

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For anyone who is concerned about Church decline, the contents of this book offer an essential blueprint for building God’s whole community in the coming years. This unique set of resources offers practical help and insight for all who want to grow, enrich and develop their congregational life. The Church of Scotland has drawn on the findings of extensive new research that it has commissioned in order to put together this set of carefully crafted and informed resources aimed at helping every congregation to understand why people leave the Church, how to avoid unnecessary departures and, above all, to develop an enriching, vital Christian fellowship with the large numbers of Churchless Christians in every community across the country. This ground-breaking book, illustrated by Dave Walker, offers information, hope, insight, prayerful reflection and practical ideas for bringing together in fellowship all Christians, whether they are members of an institutional Church or not.

Author : Nick Page
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 31,98 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 0310250293

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Nick Page is pitched forty years into the future, to encounter a society where the church is effectively invisible.

Author : Andrew Gamman
Publisher : Kereru Publishing Limited
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 2013-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 047326319X

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We are living in a time in which we are seeing a rapid unravelling of institutional structures in Western society and a re-alignment of values. The church is not faring well in this process. This book takes the form of an earthed and practical theology and asks the question ‘what is the church?’ Rather than a purely theoretical, or a purely pragmatic approach, it looks to the radical Reformers of the sixteenth century and finds there an emphasis on the church’s invisible realities and on community both of which have a relevance to the twenty-first century.

Author : Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1506470920

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In Invisible, Grace Ji-Sun Kim examines racism, sexism, and xenophobia as she works toward ending Asian American women's invisibility. She proclaims that the histories, experiences, and voices of Asian American women must be rescued from obscurity. Speaking with the weight of a theologian, she powerfully paves the way for a theology of visibility.

Author : Albert J. Raboteau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 2004-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0195174135

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Twenty-five years after its original publication, Slave Religion remains a classic in the study of African American history and religion. In a new chapter in this anniversary edition, author Albert J. Raboteau reflects upon the origins of the book, the reactions to it over the past twenty-five years, and how he would write it differently today. Using a variety of first and second-hand sources-- some objective, some personal, all riveting-- Raboteau analyzes the transformation of the African religions into evangelical Christianity. He presents the narratives of the slaves themselves, as well as missionary reports, travel accounts, folklore, black autobiographies, and the journals of white observers to describe the day-to-day religious life in the slave communities. Slave Religion is a must-read for anyone wanting a full picture of this "invisible institution."

Author : Roy Mason
Publisher : Challenge Press
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0866451021

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One of the most widespread theories of today is the universal, invisible church theory. This theory teaches that all believers belong to this invisible church and they were made a part of it through Holy Spirit baptism. The author of this book shows the fallacy of such a theory. He discusses all passages used to support a universal church theory, refutes them, and uses those same passages of Scripture to show how the Bible teaches a local church.

Author : Gregg R. Allison
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,96 MB
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 143353603X

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What is a church? This can be a difficult question to answer and Christians have offered a variety of perspectives. Gregg Allison thus explores and synthesizes all that Scripture affirms about the new covenant people of God, capturing a full picture of the biblical church. He covers the topics of the church's identity and characteristics; its growth through purity, unity, and discipline; its offices and leadership structures; its ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper; and its ministries. Here is a rich approach to ecclesiology consisting of sustained doctrinal reflection and wise, practical application. Part of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.

Author : Steve Aisthorpe
Publisher : Saint Andrew Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 20,42 MB
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0715209833

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Rewilding the Church explores afresh the compelling invitation of Jesus to ‘Follow me’ and the call to ‘throw off everything that hinders and entangles’. It poses provocative questions and issues a call to contribute to the great rewilding of the Church – and to be rewilded ourselves. The same human instincts that have disrupted our natural environment have also constrained and domesticated the Church and Rewilding the Church commends a rediscovery of the adventure of faith.