Mission-shaped Questions: Defining Issues for Today’s ChurchSteven Croft Mission-Shaped Church launched a movement. Mission-Shaped Questions addresses the big theological and practical queries that movement unleashed, including: What exactly is church? Can we develop churches that can transform culture? Can we be missionshaped and kingdom-focused, too? |
Contents
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What is the role of sacramental ministry in fresh expressions | 29 |
What is at the heart of a global perspective on the Church? | 42 |
Can we develop churches that can transform the culture? | 66 |
What does maturity in the emerging Church look like? | 90 |
Missionshaped and kingdom focused? | 114 |
What patterns of church and mission are found in the Acts | 133 |
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Mission Shaped Questions: Defining Issues for Today's Church Steven J. L. Croft Limited preview - 2008 |
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