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Shalom church : the body of Christ as ministering community by Craig L. Nessan is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
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While Many Manuals Advise Clergy And Congregants On Tactics For Church Survival Or Thriving, Few Address The Deepest Identity, Shape, And Imperatives Of The Church In Its Identity In Christ And The Tradition Of Discipling That Stems From His Life, Work, Death, And Resurrection. As Compelling As It Is Clear, Craig Nessan's Important New Work Retrieves Biblical Metaphors Of The Body Of Christ And, Following Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sees Church Today As 'christ Existing As Community.' To Theological-probing Nessan Then Adds Contextual Analysis And Describes The Four Chief Imperatives That Mark Christ's Presence In The World Today: Peacemaking, Justice-making, Care For Creation, And Engagement With The Other. He Then Unfolds The Real-life Implications Of This Paradigm Of Christian Community For Local Church Structure, Strategies For Partnering, Public Witness, And Interreligious Engagement--publisher Description. For The Mending Of Creation: The Place Of Social Ministry In The Mission Of God -- Constructing Ecclesiology For Social Ministry: Body Of Christ In The New Testament -- The Church As The Collective Person Jesus Christ: Grounding The Ethical Character Of The Body Of Christ -- The B
Who reads Shalom church : the body of Christ as ministering community?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Craig L. Nessan
- Publisher
- Fortress Press; Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780800663278
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (11 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14