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010 _a 2007031452
020 _a9780830834860 (cloth : Hbk)
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035 _a(OCoLC)163593556
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050 0 0 _aBV600.3
_b.S77 2007
082 0 0 _a262 Sto 2007
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100 1 _aStott, John R. W.
245 1 4 _aThe living church :
_bconvictions of a lifelong pastor /
_cJohn Stott.
260 _aDowners Grove, Ill. :
_bIVP Books,
_cc2007.
300 _a180 p. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-178) and index.
505 0 _aThe postmodern world -- Essentials : God's vision for his church -- A learning church -- A caring church -- A worshiping church -- An evangelizing church -- Worship : glorying in God's holy name -- Biblical worship -- Congregational worship -- Spiritual worship -- Moral worship -- Evangelism : mission through the local church -- Forms of evangelism -- The church must understand itself : its theology -- The church must organize itself : its structures -- The church must express itself : its message -- The church must be itself : its life -- Ministry : the twelve and the seven -- An every-member ministry -- The pastoral ministry -- The example of the apostle (the shepherd) -- The invasion of false teachers (the wolves) -- The value of the people (the sheep) -- Fellowship : the implications of Koinonia -- Our common inheritance -- Our common service -- Our mutual responsibility -- Some practical illustrations -- Preaching : five paradoxes -- Biblical and contemporary -- Authoritative and tentative -- Prophetic and pastoral -- Gifted and studied -- Thoughtful and passionate -- Giving : ten principles -- Springing from the Trinity -- Creating equality according to our means -- Careful supervision and friendly rivalry -- A harvest with symbolic significance -- The result : thanksgiving to God -- Impact : salt and light -- The truths of salt and light -- Weapons for social change -- Christian distinctives -- Conclusion: Looking for timothys in the twenty-first century -- A threefold appeal -- Where are the Timothys?
650 0 _aChurch.
650 0 _aPastoral theology.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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