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Missional Partnership: Reframing The Concept Of “Placing Membership”, Steve Cloer
Missional Partnership: Reframing The Concept Of “Placing Membership”, Steve Cloer
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
This essay reframes the process of “placing membership” in a local church with the theological concept of missional partnership. A critical review is offered of the organizational procedure of “placing membership,” its underlying theoretical assumptions, and its deficient theological vision. Then, the practice of joining a local Christian community is reimagined in a missional ecclesiology focusing on the key theological strands of spiritual accountability and equipping for mission. The biblical metaphor of “partner in the gospel” is explored as an alternative to “membership” as a way to adequately communicate what joining, entering, and participating within a church on mission entails. …
Facts Concerning The New Testament Church, P. H. Welshimer
Facts Concerning The New Testament Church, P. H. Welshimer
Stone-Campbell Books
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