Flexible Church
Being the Church in the Contemporary World
Seiten
2019
SCM Press (Verlag)
978-0-334-05813-7 (ISBN)
SCM Press (Verlag)
978-0-334-05813-7 (ISBN)
Flexible Church proposes an ecclesiology for innovative expressions of church that is grounded in biblical texts whilst self-consciously and intentionally developed for the contemporary Western milieu. The result is a framework serves as a guide and auditing tool for pioneering church planters.
Culture has changed and the church has not changed adequately in response. That is the claim made by proponents of new expressions of church. But all too often their ecclesiology is far from adequate.
In Flexible Church, Helen D. Morris speaks to this issue by proposing an ecclesiology for innovative expressions of church that is grounded in biblical texts whilst self-consciously and intentionally developed for the contemporary Western milieu.
Engaging with the work of key church thinkers such as Michael Moynagh and Pete Ward, as well as critical New Testament scholarship, Morris introduces a framework for church that facilitates both flexibility and faithfulness; faithfulness to the church’s Christian heritage and identity, and the flexibility to fashion new forms of church that can connect more effectively with those who currently find church irrelevant and inaccessible.
Culture has changed and the church has not changed adequately in response. That is the claim made by proponents of new expressions of church. But all too often their ecclesiology is far from adequate.
In Flexible Church, Helen D. Morris speaks to this issue by proposing an ecclesiology for innovative expressions of church that is grounded in biblical texts whilst self-consciously and intentionally developed for the contemporary Western milieu.
Engaging with the work of key church thinkers such as Michael Moynagh and Pete Ward, as well as critical New Testament scholarship, Morris introduces a framework for church that facilitates both flexibility and faithfulness; faithfulness to the church’s Christian heritage and identity, and the flexibility to fashion new forms of church that can connect more effectively with those who currently find church irrelevant and inaccessible.
Dr Helen D. Morris is a BA Course Leader and Lecturer in Applied Theology at Moorlands College, Christchurch, UK.
List of Figures
Introduction
Part 1 A Church in Transition
1. Re-Thinking Church
2. Re-Contextual Church
3. Ecclesiology as Embodied Dialogue
Part 2 Flexible Church
4. The Church and the Social Trinity
5. The Body of Christ is the Church
6. The Church as a Suspension Bridge Characterized by Gift-Exchange
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Scripture References
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.05.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-334-05813-9 / 0334058139 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-334-05813-7 / 9780334058137 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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