What on Earth is the Church?: An Inquirer's Guide - Couverture souple

Henderson, Robert Thornton

 
9781498238854: What on Earth is the Church?: An Inquirer's Guide
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1498238858 ISBN 13 : 9781498238854
Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2016

Synopsis

The author's focus and intention for this book was provoked by several stimuli. One is that more than 50 percent of the world's population is under twenty-five years of age, and for the most part not formed by the church. Secondly, in the coffee shop where he hangs out, when his conversation partners learn of his long career as a pastor, they inevitably ask about the church: "What in the world is the church? What is its purpose?" And thirdly, it is provoked by the lament of a very gifted journalist and editor who rejected his strict Christian upbringing and has been in his adult years an avowed agnostic--but who recently, while visiting a monastery in Spain and hearing the monks chant their evening prayers, sensed a longing for what he had forsaken. These three stimuli have inspired this attempt at an alternative narrative to the essence of the church, an attempt to give a definition to an inquirer from square one. This book may not resonate with those who are content with religious Christianity and its familiar institutions. Its timely message is this: the church has got to be a thrilling and purposeful dimension of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert Thornton (Bob) Henderson has had a long and colorful career as a pastor, mentor, Presbyterian denominational leader, ecumenical participant, author, encourager, and missiologist through some tumultuous cultural episodes. But it was South African missiologist David Bosch who said that missiologists are always gadflies in the church, always challenging its expressions and self-understanding. In that sense, Mr. Henderson is comfortable with his role as an ecclesiastical gadfly who has influenced many emerging collegians and young adults for over five decades.

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Éditeur
Wipf and Stock
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498238858
ISBN 13 
9781498238854
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
126
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781498238878: What on Earth Is the Church?: An Inquirer's Guide

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ISBN 10 :  1498238874 ISBN 13 :  9781498238878
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2016
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