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001 ocm00151767
003 OCoLC
005 20200617075227.2
008 710716s1971 txu b 000 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)00151767$z(OCoLC)3041069
050 00 $aBV600.2$b.P38
082 0 $a262.7
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aPatterson, Bob E.,$ecompiler.
245 14 $aThe stirring giant;$brenewal forces at work in the modern church.$cEdited by Bob E. Patterson.
260 $aWaco, Tex.,$bWord Books$c[1971]
300 $a312 pages$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 308-312).
505 0 $aWhich way to the revolution? - an introduction -- A revolution is taking place in the church -- What is wrong with the church? -- Concept of renewal -- Theology of renewal -- Search for renewal - the need for new wineskins -- The crisis of the institutional church -- The Edifice Complex - exposing the problem -- Debate - can the present scaffolding bear the stress? -- The necessity of institutions -- What are we to do? -- The theological basis for renewal -- What is the church? -- Called to be a servant - the mission of the church -- The location of service - the world -- The agenda of the servant mission -- The church hesitant - resistance to change -- The internal renewal of the church - some emerging strategies of the journey inward -- Seeking a regenerate church membership -- Bible study as controlling the life of the congregation -- Creating a covenant life in the congregation - elements of the new style -- Koinonia groups, a dynamic nucleus -- The renewal of the clergy -- The ministry of the laity - the priesthood of believers -- Building up the body through worship -- But the Sabbath was made for man - the new understanding about structures -- The external renewal of the church - some emerging strategies of the journey outward -- Internal renewal means external mission -- Organizing for renewal - reaching out from the residential base -- Strategies of missionary obedience : selected examples -- The secular city - God's gift to the church -- Ecumenical explorations in metropolis -- The church in the next decade.
590 $bArchive
650 0 $aChurch renewal.
650 7 $aChurch renewal.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00860921
994 $a92$bCST
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