Restoring the household
Subtitle: the quest of the Grace Brethren Church
By: Todd S. Scoles
Publisher: BMH Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780884690924
Subjects: Brethren (Religious group); Fraternity of German Baptists (U.S.); German Baptist Brethren (U.S.); Brethren Church (Progressive Dunkers); National Fellowship of Brethren Churches; Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
Description: In this important new volume on Grace Brethren history, published in the 300th anniversary year of the founding of the Brethren movement, the author skillfully portrays the theological and political context leading up to the 1708 Alexander Mack baptisms. Restoring the Household presents a summary of church history and the theological/political forces leading up to the Alexander Mack baptism in the Eder River of Germany in 1708, which is generally considered the starting point of the Brethren movement. Scoles also has significant discussion of the Brethren ordinances of trine immersion baptism and threefold communion, and concludes with an insightful look at some of the dynamics surrounding the founding of Grace Theological Seminary and the Grace Brethren movement in the late 1930s. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Brethren roots; title: Brethren foundations; title: Brethren development; title: The Grace Brethren; title: Appendix A: The message of the Brethren ministry; title: Appendix B: The statement of faith of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.