Reclaiming God's Original Intent for the Church

by Roberts, Wes

• ISBN13: 9781576834077
• ISBN10: 1576834077
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Tyndale House Pub

Summary

The Early Church started as a fringe, radical movement; today the church has become a large, bureaucratic institution. In the process, the modern church has lost much of its focus, power, and original intent -- which has slowly deadened its impact on culture. Looking at the history and purpose of the early church as their guide, authors Wes Roberts and Glenn Marshall offer a renewed vision for the church -- one in which the smaller church plays the lead role in serving communities and individuals as Christ did. Reclaiming God's Original Intent for the Church is not a how-to book for making churches-big or small-better, it is a treatise on where we are, how we got here, and how the church can meet the needs of the coming generations. Book jacket.

Author Biography

WES ROBERTS is the author of Support Your Local Pastor and and founder/CCO of Leadership Design Group/Life Enrichment, a worldwide ministry of mentoring, consulting, and counseling to Christian leaders. He holds a B.S. in Christian education from Biola University and an M.A. in pastoral counseling from Denver Seminary. Wes and his family live in Parker, Colorado.

Glenn Marshall pastors Park Avenue Community Church, a congregation of about 90 members, in Somerdale, New Jersey. He and his wife, Jackie, have a son and a daughter.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction: Remembering the Prophets	p. 11
It's Not About the Old Ways--It's About the Much Older Ways	p. 17
It's About Authenticity--Not Size	p. 31
It's About Making Disciples--Not Simply Recruiting Volunteers	p. 45
It's About a Calling--Not a Career	p. 59
It's About Character--Not Credentials	p. 71
It's About Community--Not Just Management	p. 83
It's About Trusting God--Not Technique	p. 99
It's About Following the Spirit--Not Mere Strategizing	p. 107
It's About Servanthood--Not Power	p. 115
It's About Fruit--Not Achievement	p. 127
It's About Listening--Not Just Preaching	p. 141
It's About Love--Not Being Right	p. 151
It's About Our Triune God--Not Us	p. 163
Epilogue	p. 177
Resources	p. 181
Acknowledgments	p. 187
About the Authors	p. 191
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