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Ministry In Three Dimensions

Ordination and Leadership in the Local Church [Paperback]

by Steven Croft

Author
Steven Croft
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Darton Longman & Todd
Published
August 2008

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In Ministry in Three Dimensions, Steven Croft outlines the challenges - greater geographical and social mobility, and older, smaller congregations, for example - that todays society presents to the churches, explaining that models of mission and ministry which were once perfectly adequate no longer work in this new situation.

The author identifies some of the potentially harmful ways in which attempts have been made to meet these new challenges, suggesting the use of secular management models as one such false trail. Far better and more fruitful is to recover a biblically-based understanding of ministry. In scripture and through Church history he explores the dimensions of ministry indicated by three different Greek words found in the New Testament: diakonia, presbyteros and episcope, uncovering the rich tradition surrounding what it means to be an ordained leader in the Church.

Steven Croft draws out insights from which a new, relevant understanding of ordained ministry can be built across the denominations, and explores how to put these insights into practice, suggesting ways in which each minister can balance the three dimensions in their own setting.