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Ministry, Management, And The Ecumenical Movement, Gary M. Simpson
Ministry, Management, And The Ecumenical Movement, Gary M. Simpson
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The ecumenical movement in contemporary America should not be surprised to find itself in a quandary of questions regarding the "ministry” of the gospel. From the first decades following the ascension of Jesus until the present the whole complex of emerging questions of ministry have been intimately bound up with society-wide crises of authority. While it is nearly impossible to sort out the myriad questions regarding ministry that have arisen in the American context, one factor in particular has and, if left unchecked, will continue to subvert the ministry of the gospel: a society-wide managerial mode of authority. It has …
A Public Ministry By All The Baptized?, Patrick R. Keifert
A Public Ministry By All The Baptized?, Patrick R. Keifert
Faculty Publications
Any discussion of the ministry of the baptized eventually reaches a point where someone asks, “If all the baptized are ministers, then why and how do we distinguish between the ministry of clergy and laity?” One promising answer begins, “The clergy have a public ministry....” The unspoken half of that answer, seldom said, but powerfully lived out in contemporary capitalistic cultures is, “The laity’s ministry is private.” This response constricts the scope of the gospel and plays into the contemporary gulf between the public and private dimensions of our lives.
An Ecumenical Horizon For "Canon Within A Canon"?, Patrick R. Keifert
An Ecumenical Horizon For "Canon Within A Canon"?, Patrick R. Keifert
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The Parish As A Confessing Community, Gary M. Simpson
The Parish As A Confessing Community, Gary M. Simpson
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