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Pioneer Ministry and Fresh Expressions of Church
'Anyone contemplating the future shape of the Church will find here an accessible, practical and prayerful tool for understanding pioneer ministry.' Charity Hamilton, fresh expressions pioneer and church planter. Shier-Jones offers a theological and practical guide for pioneer ministers (both ordained and lay) and mission-minded congregations on how to initiate and support fresh expressions of Church. Drawing on Scripture as well as real-life case studies, she illustrates best practice - and highlights the possible dangers - in working to transform a God-given vision for mission into a reality.
A Work in Progress
Challenging reflection on how contemporary Methodists reflect on matters of God, life and death. The Anglican-Methodist Covenant raises the importance of mutual understanding between different churches.
Children of God
Children and childhood are among the most neglected subjects of Christian theology. What does it mean to be a child of God if the examples of childhood in Scripture and the Christian tradition are taken seriously and placed in dialogue with twenty-first century science, sociology and morality? This collection of essays draws together a wealth of different perspectives on a much neglected but vital subject of theology and Christian living.
The Making of Ministry
Theological education, the preparation and formation of men and women for ministry, ordained and lay, has changed dramatically in the last thirty years. In this comprehensive and challenging book, a broad range of contributors, all themselves practitioners of theological education, discuss the fundamental question of what it means to be called by God and by the Church. The question faced by the churches is whether or not the theological education provided for ministers to prepare, support and sustain them in their ministry is effective and appropriate for the needs of the twenty-first century church. It asks how contemporary ministerial training can prepare all ministers to be the 'pioneer' ministers of the future.
Methodist Theology Today
Presents the Methodist theology as a resource for the future. This book focuses on the many ways in which Methodism 'carries' its theology and how Methodism's emphasis contributes to British Christianity. It asks challenging questions about how evangelism and social welfare may develop in the complex post-modern secular world.
Methodist Present Potential
Methodist Present Potential is for everyone concerned with the future of Methodism given the threatened demise of the Church in the 21st century. This book is a dialogue between the present and the past - for the sake of the future. Ten years after the publication of Methodism and the Future a new generation of scholars and church leaders reflect on the tradition that they have inherited. The book explores the potential of Methodism's approach to: mission and evangelism, Scripture, the sacraments, race and gender, church structures and discipline, ecumenism and the world Church.
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Fresh Expressions in the Mission of the Church
Christians are increasingly seeking new ways of doing church, often called 'fresh expressions', which has created new questions and challenges for the Church as a whole. This Anglican-Methodist report explores the challenges raised by fresh expressions, from what it means to be a 'church', to sacramental life and the deployment of resources.
For the Good of the Church
What do we need to learn and receive from the other to help us address challenges or wounds in our own tradition? That is the key question asked in what has come to be known as ‘receptive ecumenism’. And nowhere is this question more pressing and pertinent than in women’s experiences within the church. Based on qualitative research from five focus groups, 'For the Good of the Church' expose the difficulties women face when they work in a church – sexism, unfulfilled vocation, and abuse of power and privilege, as well as the wide range of gifts and skills which women bring in light of these. The second part of the book continues to draw on the particular wounds and gifts, which arise in the focus groups. Specific case studies are used to identify gifts of theology, practice, experience, vocation and power. Against negative prognoses of an ‘ecumenical winter’, Gabrielle Thomas reveals how radically different theological and ecclesiological perspectives can be a space for learning and receiving gifts for the well-being of the whole Church.
Translating Nephesh in the Psalms into Chinese
This interdisciplinary study tackles the controversy of translating nephesh ( נפֶֶשׁ ) by using an intergenerational translation team to deepen our understanding of this term and providing a more valuable translation in Chinese, especially for use in specialist Children’s Bibles. Traditionally nephesh is often translated in the Bible as ‘soul’, but despite the limitations of this popular rendering, it has led Christians in Chinese contexts to falsely understand views regarding the nature of human beings as a trichotomy. Dr Hui Er Yu’s study offers different options for translating nephesh using the context of where the word appears in Scripture as well as in reference to lingui...
