This fresh perspective on the church explores its essential nature as a community of people governed by the Word and led and taught by the Spirit.
Craig Van Gelder is professor of congregational mission at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a church consultant, coeditor of The Church Between Gospel and Culture, and editor of Confident Witness-Changing World.
Foreword
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Richard J. Mouw
Preface
9
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Rediscovering the Church in the Twenty-First Century
13
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A Missional Understanding of the Church
27
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Historical Views of the Church
45
(28)
The Church and the Redemptive Reign of God
73
(28)
The Nature of the Church
101
(26)
The Ministry of the Church
127
(28)
The Organizational Life of the Church
155
(30)
Notes
185
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Selected Bibliography
196
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Index
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