Church for Every Context. Michael Moynagh

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      © Michael Moynagh 2012

       Chapter 2 © Philip Harrold 2012

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      Contents

       Acknowledgements

       Introduction

       Part 1 Past and Present

       1 Saint Paul’s New Contextual Churches

       2 Contextual Churches in History

       3 Fresh Expressions of Church in Britain

       4 Sociological Perspectives

       Part 2 Towards a Theological Rationale

       5 What is the Purpose and Nature of the Church?

       6 Should Mission be a First Step for the Church?

       7 Mission by Individuals or Communities?

       8 Why Church with Many Shapes?

       9 Are Culture-specific Churches Legitimate?

       10 Are New Contextual Churches Faithful to the Tradition?

       Part 3 Bringing Contextual Churches to Birth

       11 How Do Contextual Churches Emerge?

       12 Gathering a Mission Community

       13 Researching Opportunities

       14 Engaging Partners

       15 Action-based Learning

       16 Team Awareness

       Part 4 Growing to Maturity

       17 Discipleship

       18 Worship

       19 Community

       20 Sustainability

       21 Towards the Mixed-economy Church

       Bibliography

Acknowledgements

      Actors often give credit to their scripts, and I have been fortunate to work to an inspiring script written by numerous church founders in the UK. I have learnt from their experiences largely through being a member of the national Fresh Expressions team, which supports and encourages new and different forms of church. I owe a great debt to stimulating and wise colleagues on the team. Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, has been a kind and friendly place in which to write. I am grateful to Natalie Watson of SCM for encouraging me to write the book.

      Thanks are due to Simon Cuff, Christopher Shaw and Cara Singer for being excellent research assistants for periods of time, and to the following who have commented on sections of the emerging draft and СКАЧАТЬ