Re-pitching the Tent: Re-ordering the Church Building for Worship and MissionRe-pitching the Tent is a handbook that aims to revitalise the way we regard church buildings, enabling us to see them afresh as a vital component of our worship and mission. |
Contents
Recognising the problem | 3 |
The Roots of our Worship 1 Encountering God in the Sacred Place | 9 |
The Roots of our Worship 2 Encountering God on the Move | 15 |
The Roots of our Worship 3 From Temple to Table | 23 |
The First Christians 1 the Borrowers and Adaptors | 29 |
The First Christians 2 the Developers | 39 |
Should Christian communities have buildings at all? | 45 |
Reordering as a priority in a missionary Church | 53 |
Elements of reordering 1 proclaiming good news | 103 |
Elements of reordering 2 Christian nurture | 111 |
Elements of reordering 3 movement | 123 |
Elements of reordering 4 sacrifice | 127 |
Our mobilisation | 135 |
WHERE ARE WE GOING? A liturgical design guide Introduction | 141 |
Presenting the building | 151 |
Entering the building | 157 |
The building speaks a recalling the Church to the gospel | 61 |
b telling the Christian story to the world | 63 |
xii | 67 |
WHO ARE | 69 |
Introduction | 70 |
Our culture | 71 |
Our church | 77 |
Our house | 87 |
Our strategy | 97 |
The Gathering place | 161 |
The place of liturgical assembly 1 The place of initiation | 167 |
The place of liturgical assembly 2 The place of the word | 173 |
The place of liturgical assembly 3 The place of the breaking of the bread | 181 |
Making music | 195 |
Conclusion | 209 |
Bibliography | 250 |
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Re-pitching the Tent: Re-ordering the Church Building for Worship and Mission Richard Giles No preview available - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
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