Exploring ecclesiology : an evangelical and ecumenical introduction / [manuscript] :
Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2009.
- 336 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-329) and index.
Introduction -- The church as a Trinitarian community : the being-driven church -- The Trinitarian church confronts American individualism -- The church as an eschatological community -- Eschatology, the church, and ecology -- The church as a worshipping community -- The worshipping church engages culture -- The church as a sacramental community -- Sacraments and the search for the Holy Grail -- The church as a serving community -- Church discipline : the lost element of service -- The church as an ordered community -- The role of women in the ordered community -- The church as a cultural community : Christ, culture, and the Sermon on the Mount community -- Getting past the ghettoizing of the Gospel in today's culture -- The church as a missional community : the being-driven church -- From building programs to building God's missional kingdom.