The Church Has Left the Building
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The Church Has Left the Building

Faith, Parish, and Ministry in the Twenty-First Century

  1. 162 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Church Has Left the Building

Faith, Parish, and Ministry in the Twenty-First Century

About this book

The origin of the phrase "the church has left the building" lies with Elvis. In order to clear halls of his riotous fans after concerts, it was announced that "Elvis has left the building." Here, the expression highlights intense change within the church. Not only does the church change for its own existence, it also does so for the life of the world. The church cannot avoid the many past and future changes of our constantly transforming society, demographic changes long in process. What you have before you is a gathering of first-hand reflections--stories really--from a diverse group of Christians, lay as well as ordained. While each has a distinctive experience of the church in our time, all of them have something to say about the many changes in our society and how these are affecting our faith, the parish, and pastoral work. Contributors: Mary Breton Nicholas Denysenko Adam A. J. DeVille John C. Frazier David Frost Carol Fryer Kenneth J. Guest Brett Hoover Abbie Huff Wongee Joh Justin Mathews Maria Gwyn McDowell William C. Mills Robert Corin Morris Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Michael Plekon

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Information

Publisher
Cascade Books
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781498239561
9781498239585
eBook ISBN
9781498239578
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Ministry

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contributors
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1: Belonging to the Christian Community in the Twenty-first Century, When “the Church Has Left the Building”
  6. Chapter 2: From Bonaventure to BustedHalo®: Ministry beyond the Church Walls
  7. Chapter 3: The Church Has Left—and Should Leave?—the Building
  8. Chapter 4: The Home that Joy Built
  9. Chapter 5: “To Not Lose Any Part”
  10. Chapter 6: Church Goes to the Pub
  11. Chapter 7: Awe, Joy, Adaptability, and Sausage: Liturgy and Ecclesial Revitalization
  12. Chapter 8: The Church as Engagement
  13. Chapter 9: Paying My Dues
  14. Chapter 10: Church beyond the Walls
  15. Chapter 11: Church over Church
  16. Chapter 12: “Worship on Wheels!”
  17. Chapter 13: The Parish in the Twenty-first Century: Community Not Construction
  18. Chapter 14: God Is with Us, God Is the future
  19. Chapter 15: Still in Church
  20. Chapter 16: Many Mansions: Reimagining the Church and Its Buildings in the Global City

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