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A radical reshaping around gospel and community [Paperback]
Average rating of5.0from (2)reviews
Authors
Tim Chester +1
Book Format
paperback
Publisher
Intervarsity Press (IVP)
Published
June 2007
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Total Church pleads for two key principles for church and mission. First, the gospel as content: being word-centred (for the gospel is truth) and being mission-centred (for the gospel is truth to be proclaimed). Secondly, the community as context: sharing our lives as Christians and offering a place of belonging to unbelievers.
Authors Tim Chester and Steve Timmis apply these principles to church planting, evangelism, apologetics, social involvement, leadership, discipleship, pastoral care, world mission and notions of success. They critique current trends within the church, arguing that emerging church movements are strong on community but weak on truth, while conservative evangelicalism is strong on truth but weak on community. Their call is a call for the best of both.
This is a timely and provocative book which deserves to be read and applied in many contexts.
"An excellent book to give to your leaders." Peter J. Grainger
"Radical, punchy teaching that provokes, stimulates, challenges and inspires." Vaughan Roberts
"Passionate and insightful." Chris Stoddard
"I am glad that this book is earthed and avoids the trap of dealing in theories that sound cool in a classroom but crash on the ground ... I love books that make me answer back like this one did. (Out loud on a plane as well. Quite embarrassing.)" Ian Coffey
Authors
Tim Chester +1
Book Format
paperback
Publisher
Intervarsity Press (IVP)
Published
June 2007
Weight
276g
Page Count
192
Dimensions
138 x 216 x 18 mm
ISBN
9781844741915
ISBN-10
1844741915
Eden Code
1017618
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ISBN: 9781844741915
Publisher: Intervarsity Press (IVP)
Release Date: June 2007
Weight: 276g
Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 18 mm
Eden Code: 1017618
14 years ago
As a member of The Crowded House, the church the authors of this book started, I am convinced that this view of the church makes sense and works. The majority of the letters in the NT are written to churches - communities of believers. Yet as evangelical Christians today we tend to individualise our Christianity. God has made us a people of his very own, to proclaim his excellencies to the world and this book explores what that looks like.
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16 years ago
This book is subtitled ' A radical reshaping around gospel and community' and I have to be honest and say that though the book was well written, articulate and interesting I did not really notice anything astoundingly radical about what was being said - and I think most people from an active church or following along on the 'mission shaped church' themes won't find it particularly radical either. It places great emphasis on the biblical principles behind mission, church planting, outreach and community endeavour and in some parts goes on to say many modern church initiatives lack true biblical grounding, choosing community over gospel truth, whilst traditional churches often lack both and that their way is the middle way. Even this is not really a radical statement or as controversial as one might like. To sum up, this book is interesting and puts forward some interesting idea's and suggestions for church and community, and certainly is worth a read if your active in community and church.
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