The missional church and denominations
Subtitle: helping congregations develop a missional identity
By: edited by Craig Van Gelder.
Contributors: Van Gelder, Craig.
Series: Missional church series
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780802863584
Subjects: Mission of the church; Church; Missions -- Theory; Christian sects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Engaging the missional church conversation; title: A missional engagement with denominations and denominationalism; title: An ecclesiastical geno-project : unpacking the DNA of denominations and denominationalism / Craig Van Gelder; title: Living in the city, journeying outside the gate : a missional approach to polity / David G. Forney; title: Reframing denominations from a missional perspective / Alan J. Roxburgh; title: The challenge of developing missional agencies and the implications for leadership / Marion Wyvetta Bullock; title: A missional re-framing of ecclesiology and polity for specific denominations; title: A more true "domestic and foreign missionary society" : toward a missional ecclesiology and polity for the Episcopal Church / Dwight Zscheile; title: Missional DNA of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America / Daniel R. Anderson; title: Missional ordered ministry in the Evangelical Covenant Church : moving toward apostolic imagination / Kyle J. A. Small; title: Missional renewal : an ecclesiology and polity proposal for the Baptist General Conference / Todd Hobart; title: Epilogue: The story of one denomination seeking to become missional; title: Insights into becoming a missional denomination : the Reformed Church in America / Wesley Granberg-Michaelson.