TY - BOOK AU - Shelley,Bruce L. AU - Shelley,Marshall TI - The consumer church: can evangelicals win the world without losing their souls? SN - 0830813381 AV - BR 1642.U5 S454 1992 U1 - 277.3/0829 20 PY - 1992/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - InterVarsity Press KW - Evangelicalism KW - United States KW - Church and the world N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-254) and index; Contents; Part I: Bewildered saints -- 1. Bewildered saints in a secular society -- 2. America's changing lifestyle -- 3. Risks at the extremes -- 4. The colony of Heaven -- 5. Church, parachurch and nochurch -- 6. The high price of change Part II: Drawing upon the past -- 7. Biblical politics in a secular society -- 8. Revivals and the democratic spirit -- 9. Success in a money culture -- 10. The cross in the pursuit of happiness -- 11. Current conductors of style Part III: Responding to the present -- 12. Churches and changing lifestyles -- 13. The meaning of membership -- 14. Styles of worship -- 15. Pleasing preaching -- 16. Directions for outreach -- 17. New leaders -- Conclusion: Recovering biblical balance ER -