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the consolidation of people into larger and larger churches, the increasing frailty of small “ordinary congregations,”
Bob Smietana • Reorganized Religion
Christian scholars are called to help the body of Christ live faithfully at these intersections.
James K. A. Smith • Discipleship in the Present Tense: Reflections on Faith and Culture
Without direct awareness that the holders and perpetuators of these innovative goods are the timekeepers of Silicon Valley, we potentially adopt practices and norms that trap more than free the church to be ministers of the living God in the world. Let’s see how.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
nudge or invitation to return to church, as they need more relational connectivity than that. More than one person or household moving into Tom’s life may be beneficial.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Tom and the cultural Christians largely need your dinner table.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Schleiermacher,
David F. Wells • God in the Wasteland
(A major issue that conservatives even today have yet to solve is how, in opposing the reductions of the immanent frame, they can avoid the perception of being against justice and mercy and can support all humans flourishing.)
Andrew Root • The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
How many churches and parachurch ministries have taken the time to find out the existing research about best practices in this field?