Index
accountability 50–1, 131
Acts
ecclesiology 21, 61–3, 76–80, 82–4, 132, 137, 151, 154, 163
catholicity 81–2
four marks of the Church 63–9, 69–72, 72–5, 75–6
Gentile mission 27
see also apostolic Church
adults, young adults, Methodist fresh expressions initiatives 32, 33–5
Alderley Edge and Knutsford Methodist Circuit, The Welcome 45–8
Anglican Tradition
ecclesiology 91–9
see also Church of England
Anglican-Methodist Covenant 5, 13, 15, 16, 190, 191
ecclesiology 112–13
on mission 124
Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, Final Report 14
Antiochene church 76–80, 82
apostles, role 80, 84
Apostles’ Creed, and Church unity 13
apostolic Church
Gentile mission 27, 76–9, 81–2
intensitivity 69, 71, 72, 83, 84
liturgical space 68–9
see also Acts
Apostolic Council 76, 78–80, 81–2
spiritual discernment 163
apostolic oversight 154
apostolic teaching 87
apostolicity 61, 63, 87–8, 198
in Acts 66–70, 76, 82
Anglican understanding 95–6
Anglican-Methodist views 113
ecclesiastical discipline’s importance 184
Methodist understanding 103–4, 105
and ministerial succession 89
World Council of Churches’s views 110, 111
archdeacons 161, 184, 189
area deans 161, 184, 189
Arise (Messy church) 52
Augsburg Confession 91–2
ecclesiology 89, 90–1
influence on Methodist ecclesiology 104
Augustine of Hippo, St, ecclesiology 86
authorized ministers
development of fresh expressions 186–8
mixed economy churches 164, 166
role 144
baptism 70–1, 86
Anglican acceptance 92
Anglican-Methodist views 113
in the apostolic Church 83
celebration 181
and Church unity 13
as a mark of the Church 114
Methodist understanding 100
practice 193
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