Seeds of the Church
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Seeds of the Church

Towards an Ecumenical Baptist Ecclesiology

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
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About this book

The landmark World Council of Churches convergence text, The Church: Towards a Common Vision (2012), which has the potential to become this generation's Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (1982), invites the churches to envision how their own distinctive visions of the church might have a place in the global church's imagination of the ecumenical future. Seeds of the Church: Towards an Ecumenical Baptist Ecclesiology is a collaborative effort by members of the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Baptist Doctrine and Christian Unity to respond to this invitation. This book contends that the distinctive Baptist ecclesial vision is best embodied in twelve core practices of Baptist churches and their interrelationship: covenanting, discerning, gathering, befriending, proclaiming, equipping, baptizing, discipling, caring, theologizing, scattering, and remembering. Seeds of the Church opens a window on what is possible when Baptists engage with people of other Christian traditions in the exploration of the common heritage of people belonging to the one household of faith. The global Baptist theological voices represented in this volume offer it as a reading of an ecumenical text in a Baptist key that paves the way for ecclesiological renewal--among Baptists and in the whole church to which they belong.

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Yes, you can access Seeds of the Church by Teun van der Leer, Henk Bakker, Steven R. Harmon, Elizabeth Newman, Teun van der Leer,Henk Bakker,Steven R. Harmon,Elizabeth Newman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Systematic Theology & Ethics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Abbreviations
  3. List of Contributors
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1: A Response to The Church: Towards a Common Vision
  7. Chapter 2: The Baptistic Ecclesial Voice
  8. Chapter 3: Covenanting Churches
  9. Chapter 4: Discerning Churches
  10. Chapter 5: Gathering Churches
  11. Chapter 6: Befriending Churches
  12. Chapter 7: Proclaiming Churches
  13. Chapter 8: Equipping Churches
  14. Chapter 9: Baptizing Churches
  15. Chapter 10: Discipling Churches
  16. Chapter 11: Caring Churches
  17. Chapter 12: Theologizing Churches
  18. Chapter 13: Scattering Churches
  19. Chapter 14: Remembering Churches