Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-067364-2 (ISBN)
National headlines regularly herald the decline of Christianity in the United States, citing historically low levels of confidence in organized religion, drops in church attendance, church closures, and the dramatic rise of the "Nones." Scarcely heard are stories from the thousands of new churches and new forms of church that are springing up each year across the country. In this book, Christopher James attends carefully to stories of ecclesial innovation taking place in Seattle, Washington--a city on the leading edge of trends shaping the nation as a whole. James's study of the new churches founded in 'post-Christian' Seattle offers both pragmatic advice and theological reflection. After an in-depth survey- and -interview-based analysis of the different models of church-building he identifies, James identifies five threads of practical wisdom: 1) embracing local identity and mission, 2) cultivating embodied, experiential, everyday spirituality, 3) engaging community life as means of witness and formation, 4) prioritizing hospitality as a cornerstone practice, and 5) discovering ecclesial vitality in a diverse ecclesial ecology. Stimulating, encouraging, and stereotype-shattering, this book invites readers to reconsider the narrative that portrays these first decades of the twenty-first century as a time of ecclesial death and decline, and to view this instead as a hope-filled season of ecclesial renewal and rebirth.
Christopher B. James is Assistant Professor of Evangelism and Missional Christianity at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, where he also directs the Master of Arts in Mission and Discipleship.
Introduction: Looking for the Future of Church in the None Zone
Chapter One: The Lay of the Land: Seattle as a Future-Trending Context
Chapter Two: Surveying the Field
Chapter Three: Modeling Church
Chapter Four. Models of Practical Ecclesiology Among New
Chapter Five: Missional Theological Assessment
Chapter Six. Renewing Practice in the Models
Chapter Seven: Practical Wisdom from the Frontier of Faith
Notes
Appendix A. Research Methodology
Appendix B. New Seattle Churches Survey
Appendix C. Interview Guide
Interview Guide for Pastors
Selected Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.02.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 239 x 163 mm |
| Gewicht | 621 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-067364-8 / 0190673648 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-067364-2 / 9780190673642 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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