Mission-shaped questions
Subtitle: defining issues for today's church
By: Steven Croft, editor
Series: Mission-shaped series
Publisher: Seabury Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781596271272
Subjects: Church renewal; Mission of the church; Emerging church movement; Church of England; Non-institutional churches; New Church development
Notes: Originally published in England in 2008 by Church House Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fresh expressions in a mixed economy Church: a perspective / Steven Croft; title: What is the essence of the church? / Martyn Atkins; title: What is the role of sacramental ministry in fresh expressions of church? / Lindsay Urwin; title: What is at the heart of a global perspective on the church? / Tim Dakin; title: Is there evidence for fresh expressions of church in the New Testament? / James D. G. Dunn; title: Can we develop churches that can transform the culture? / Graham Tomlin; title: What questions does Catholic ecclesiology pose for contemporary mission and fresh expressions? / Angela Tilby; title: What does maturity in the emerging Church look like? / John Drane; title: What are the lessons from evangelism and apologetics for new communities? / David Wilkinson; title: Mission-shaped and kingdom focused? / John M. Hull; title: What partners of church and mission are found in the Acts of the Apostles? / Loveday Alexander; title: What does the gift of the Spirit mean for the shape of the Church? / Alison Morgan; title: Can fresh expressions of church make a difference? / Lynda Barley; title: How does a mixed economy Church connect with contemporary spirituality? / Martin Warner; title: Mapping ecclesiology for a mixed economy / Steven Croft.