Why church matters :

Wilson, Jonathan R.

Why church matters : worship, ministry, and mission in practice / Jonathan R. Wilson. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2006. - 158 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foundations -- On practices and practical theology -- Worship as work, warfare, and witness -- Worship as true, good, and beautiful -- Worship as Trinitarian practice -- Worship as language school -- Renovations -- Witness as kingdom words and deeds -- Discipleship as human flourishing -- Formations -- Baptism, Eucharist amd footwashing as participation in Christ -- Confession as the shape of the church -- Suffering as the power of the kingdom -- Appendix: Practicing church : evangelical ecclesiologies at the end of modernity (Francis Schaeffer, Charles Colson, Rick Warren, and Brian McLaren).

9781587430374 (pbk.) 1587430371 (pbk.)

2006017095


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