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Description:The church. What has it become? What was it meant to be? Does it pave the way or get in the way? Are we suspicious of the institutionalization of church bureaucracy? Or thrilled with the relevant impact of its presence?Robert J. Suderman writes about the church as a practitioner. His inspiration emerges out of the crossroads of biblical vision and human sincerity always tempered with frailty. Years of ministry, never a stranger to complexity, only serve to sharpen the vision of possibility. His imagination of what can be is never divorced from the realities of what is. He does not bow to the common assumption that "you can't get there from here." "Here" is the only possible point of origin for us.In his succinct, easy to understand writing style, Suderman provides insightful and thought-provoking perspectives to what it means to be the church. To be a people "called out" to participate together in God's activity in the world, and to create programs and structures needed for effective ministry are two sides of the same coin. This book is for dreamers and bureaucrats alike; indeed, it assumes that the two are indispensable pieces of God's coming presence.Introduction Tom Yoder Neufeld"There are people that have lost their hope in the church. Some of them are hurt. Others think that the church has been tamed. It is in this context that Suderman invites us to dream and act based on what God has intended for his She is 'the foundational strategy of God for the transformation of the world.' This book is a great source to recover our hope and live in that reality!"--César García, General Secretary, Mennonite World Conference, Bogotá, ColombiaRobert J. Suderman has spent the last forty-seven years working with the church as teacher, scholar, and administrator. Having lived in Latin America for ten years, he has engaged the church in over forty different countries. He has been married to Irene for fifty years, and they have three sons and daughters-in-law, now with five grandchildren.Andrew Suderman is Assistant Professor of Theology, Peace, and Mission at Eastern Mennonite University as well as the Secretary for the Mennonite World Conference Peace Commission. He, along with his wife Karen, worked as Mennonite Church Canada Witness Workers living in South Africa for seven years (2009-2016) where he served as the Director of the Anabaptist Network in South Africa. He is completing a PhD in Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He and Karen have two children.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Re-Imagining the Church: Implications of Being a People in the World. To get started finding Re-Imagining the Church: Implications of Being a People in the World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 233

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Wipf & Stock, an Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers

Release: 2016

ISBN: 1498290949

Description: The church. What has it become? What was it meant to be? Does it pave the way or get in the way? Are we suspicious of the institutionalization of church bureaucracy? Or thrilled with the relevant impact of its presence?Robert J. Suderman writes about the church as a practitioner. His inspiration emerges out of the crossroads of biblical vision and human sincerity always tempered with frailty. Years of ministry, never a stranger to complexity, only serve to sharpen the vision of possibility. His imagination of what can be is never divorced from the realities of what is. He does not bow to the common assumption that "you can't get there from here." "Here" is the only possible point of origin for us.In his succinct, easy to understand writing style, Suderman provides insightful and thought-provoking perspectives to what it means to be the church. To be a people "called out" to participate together in God's activity in the world, and to create programs and structures needed for effective ministry are two sides of the same coin. This book is for dreamers and bureaucrats alike; indeed, it assumes that the two are indispensable pieces of God's coming presence.Introduction Tom Yoder Neufeld"There are people that have lost their hope in the church. Some of them are hurt. Others think that the church has been tamed. It is in this context that Suderman invites us to dream and act based on what God has intended for his She is 'the foundational strategy of God for the transformation of the world.' This book is a great source to recover our hope and live in that reality!"--César García, General Secretary, Mennonite World Conference, Bogotá, ColombiaRobert J. Suderman has spent the last forty-seven years working with the church as teacher, scholar, and administrator. Having lived in Latin America for ten years, he has engaged the church in over forty different countries. He has been married to Irene for fifty years, and they have three sons and daughters-in-law, now with five grandchildren.Andrew Suderman is Assistant Professor of Theology, Peace, and Mission at Eastern Mennonite University as well as the Secretary for the Mennonite World Conference Peace Commission. He, along with his wife Karen, worked as Mennonite Church Canada Witness Workers living in South Africa for seven years (2009-2016) where he served as the Director of the Anabaptist Network in South Africa. He is completing a PhD in Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He and Karen have two children.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Re-Imagining the Church: Implications of Being a People in the World. To get started finding Re-Imagining the Church: Implications of Being a People in the World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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