The order of the ministry
Subtitle: equipping the saints
By: edited by Jerry L. Sumney ; with a forward by Richard L. Hamm
Publisher: Lexington Theological Seminary
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Biblical teaching; Office; Ordination (Liturgy); Texts; Ecclesiastical Vocation; Clergy; Ordination; History
Other titles: Lexington theological quarterly. Vol. 37, no. 1 & 2 (spring & summer 2002)
Notes: Cover title.

Published simultaneously as: Lexington theological quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1 and 2 (spring and summer 2002).

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Richard L. Hamm; title: Preface  -- JLS [Jerry L. Sumney]; title: Introduction  -- William O. Paulsell; title: The historical development of an ordered ministry  -- Anthony L. Dunnavant; title: The understanding of ministry in the history of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)  -- Richard L. Harrison, Jr.; title: New Testament perspectives on ministry  -- Jerry L. Sumney; title: The hope of our calling; thinking about ministry in the context of Ephesians 1-4:16  -- Malcolm L. Warford; title: The meaning of ordination in the church  -- Sharon Warner; title: Sending forth this servant of God; Colossians 3:12-17  -- R. Robert Cueni; title: Suggested ordination liturgy -- Sharon Warner and Jerry L. Sumney.