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ChurchMorph How Megatrends Are Reshaping Christian Communities

Autor E Gibbs
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2009
It is estimated that 80 percent of churches are either stalled or in decline. In "ChurchMorph," internationally known church observer Eddie Gibbs goes beyond an analysis of causes to show how many churches and faith communities are actually breaking the downward trend. He expertly maps current converging church movements--emerging and missional churches, mainline renewal groups, megachurches, urban mission, new monasticism, alternative worship, and expanding networks--and offers a positive assessment of the reshaping of today's church. The core of the book identifies trends and movements that provide signs of the kingdom and reveals how different faith communities are working out what it means to be "church" in a changing world.
This stimulating and encouraging book will appeal to pastors, church leaders, and students interested in ministry, the emerging church, Christianity and culture, and mission.
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The morphing of the church relates to the church transitioning to a new identity as a missional presence in the West. There is a growing realization among leaders committed to mission that the challenge will not be adequately met by adding new programs to ensure the local church, or a denomination's, institutional survival. Such leaders are talking about an unfettered re-imagining of the church, resulting in a comprehensive change in its self-understanding and its reconfiguration.
Frequently the term "deconstruction" is used by radical voices within the emergent church. But this technical term is often misunderstood, being perceived as too threatening and confrontational. It is heard to imply demolition and destruction, which is not what is intended. Deconstruction refers to a particular method of literary criticism that seeks to get behind the text to reveal the embedded assumptions. Among Emerging Church leaders, "deconstruction" signifies, not destruction, but a breakthrough. It means to undo or take apart in order to arrive at a deeper understanding, allowing for a creative re-reading. However, in order to avoid the negative implications of the term, and its highly technical explanation, I prefer to speak of the re-imagining of the church, and of the transformation process as the morphing of the church.
Wikipedia defines morphing as a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes (or morphs) one image into another through a seamless transition. The term has a much more ancient usage however. It is derived from the Greek word morphe, which appears in the New Testament in a significant context.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780801037627
ISBN-10: 080103762X
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 5 x 8 x 1 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Baker Publishing Group – Baker Academic
Locul publicării:United States

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"ChurchMorph is the most thorough interpretive map of church trends to come out in years. It is informed, comprehensive, and intelligently written by one of the most seasoned missionary-statesmen around today. A book well worth reading."--Alan Hirsch, author of The Forgotten Ways; founder of Forge Mission Training Network and shapevine.com "Here is a master guidebook to the territory we all must travel in order to be church in the new post-Christendom cultures of our day. Gibbs charts both the challenges and the church movements responding to these challenges. In giving us his careful evaluations, Gibbs shows himself once again to be not only a careful scholar and a keen observer of the church but also a sorely needed prophet for these extraordinary but opportune times."--David Fitch, Northern Seminary; reclaimingthemission.com; author of The Great Giveaway"Over a long and fruitful career, Eddie Gibbs has consistently reported the most relevant on-the-ground happenings in the Western Protestant church. ChurchMorph is no exception. Utilizing his vast network of connections in the US and the UK, Gibbs has delivered to us a book that makes sense of terms like 'emergent' and 'missional, ' while relentlessly challenging all Christians to be impelled outward by the gospel. This is a great resource for many Christian leaders."--Tony Jones, author of The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier"Similar to Mark Noll's Scandal of the Evangelical Mind and Philip Jenkins's Next Christendom, Eddie Gibbs's ChurchMorph is another compelling descriptive study of the changing nature of Christian communities in the West. ChurchMorph could lead to transformation in the way the Western church lives out its missional challenge in a post-Christendom world."--S. Steve Kang, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary "Eddie Gibbs always brings a unique perspective to church ministry. No matter what type or style or size of church you serve, ChurchMorph will help you understand the crucial changes taking place in ministry today."--Gary L. McIntosh, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

Notă biografică

Eddie Gibbs (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor emeritus of church growth in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and contributes to the Study of Emerging Churches at the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts. He is the author of numerous books, including ChurchMorph, Emerging Churches, and ChurchNext (winner of a Christianity Today Book Award).