Worship and Mission After Christendom
Ebook
Overview
Today, as Christendom weakens, worship and mission are poised to reunite after centuries of separation. But this requires the church to rethink both “mission” and “worship.” In post-Christendom mission, God is the main actor and God calls all Christians to participate. In post-Christendom worship, the church tells and celebrates the story of God, enabling members to live in hope and attract outsiders to its many tables of hospitality.
In this passionate and thoughtful study, Alan Kreider and Eleanor Kreider draw upon missiology, liturgiology, biblical studies, church history, and the vast experience of today’s global Christian church-to say nothing of their long tenure as teachers and writers in contemporary England and the United States. Academically responsible but also practical and accessible, Worship and Mission After Christendom is a much-needed guide for people who take seriously God’s call to be the church in a world where institutional religion is no longer taken for granted.
Top Highlights
“Our worship services have integrity when they attune us to God’s project and when they align us with God’s mission” (source)
“This is God’s mission—to bring right relationships in every area of life, to make multidimensional shalom. We” (source)
“The recitation of God’s acts and the people’s response in word and ceremony were ‘the essence of worship” (source)
“he is worshipping in light of the was, the history that has led up to the present” (source)
“confess that mission is not human work; it is God’s work. It grows out of God’s overflowing love for the world” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Worship and Mission After Christendom
- Authors:
- Kreider, Eleanor
- Kreider, Alan
- Publisher: Herald Press
- Publication Date: 2011
- ISBN: 9780836197761