Being church in a liminal time : remembering, letting go, resurrecting /: remembering, letting go, resurrecting. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey D. Jones and David Fredrickson.
• Authors: Jones, Jeffrey D; Fredrickson, David
• Contents: Contents Acknowledgements Introduction How to Read This Book Final Thoughts Before We Begin Chapter 1 – A Reality Check: Living in the In-Between A New Thing The End of Christendom The Parable of the Sower An In-Between Time Chapter 2 – Possibilities for the Future: Discerning an Image of the Congregation Discerning the Right Thing Three Images When the Images Combine Remembering – Main Street Church Letting Go – Trinity Church Resurrecting – Faith Church The Inevitability of Loss Chapter 3 – Remembering: A New Way of Seeing What Was Endings Paradox Addiction Chapter 4 – Letting Go: Insights from Hospice Chapter 5 – Resurrecting: Spirituality and Ethics Revisited The Parable of the Yeast A Tiny Part of the Whole Big Effects A Transforming/Corrupting Presence A Time-Consuming Process of Change Nurturing Spirituality The Examen Prayer The Rule of Life Spiritual Direction Claiming the Ethic of Jesus Chapter 6 – A New Model of Leadership: Inwardly Directed and Outwardly Focused A New Model of Leadership Envision the Productive Community Look Within Embrace the Hypocritical Self Transcend Fear Embody a Vision of the New Community Disturb the System Surrender to the Emergent Process Entice Through Moral Power Strength, Sensitivity and Faith Conclusion Index About the Authors
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (144 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 262.0017; Church renewal; Mission of the church; Christian life
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538174517
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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