Refounding the Church from the Underside

by Henderson, Robert Thornton

• ISBN13: 9781608999637
• ISBN10: 1608999637
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-03
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

As the Christian Church in the West Moves Further into the Post-Christian Era a dilemma rises for those thoughtful followers of Jesus Christ who find themselves in venerable, older church institutions that have become forgetful of their reason for being in the purpose of God. Such Christendom church institutions, as Henderson designates them, rather become somewhat idolatrous of their traditions, their sanctuaries, their ecclesiastical accoutrements, not to mention their dependence on a questionable category of persons called clergy. A younger generation, involved in many of these churches, is raising insistent questions about the integrity of so much of this-while at the same time being appreciative of so much that is good.

Author Biography

Robert Thornton Henderson has had a long career as a teaching pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and as a missiologist. He is the author of a number of books including A Door of Hope and Enchanted Community: Journey into the Mystery of the Church both from Wipf Stock.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Refounding the Church from the Underside	p. vii
Prologue: The Unfinished Dialogue	p. xi
Introduction: The Questions that Initiated the Journey	p. xxi
Teleology: The Community of the Kingdom of God	p. 1
Cosmology and the Hazards of the Trail	p. 14
Refounding the Church from the Underside	p. 37
Participation, Form, and Character of the Underside Community	p. 44
The Spirit's Formation and Furnishing of the Missional Community	p. 65
Meanwhile...Winter is Coming!	p. 95
Epilogue: Vision, Endurance, Faithfulness	p. 107
Bibliography	p. 109
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