John Walker

Testing Fresh Expressions

Identity and Transformation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Testing Fresh Expressions investigates whether fresh expressions of church really do what is claimed for them by the fresh expressions movement and, in particular, whether their unique approach helps to reverse trends of decline experienced by traditional churches. The book examines those claims and untangles their sociological and theological assu

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781032179728
• ISBN-10: 1032179724
• Artikelnr.: 62574445

Autorenporträt

John Walker has experience of both traditional parish ministry and innovative church planting. Alongside parish ministry he has been a researcher for the Diocese of Canterbury in a joint project with the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Still Fresh?
Part 1 Fresh Hope?
Chapter 1 Changing Society
Chapter 2 Changing Church
Part 2 Existing Evidence
Chapter 3 Proportion
Chapter 4 Secularization
Chapter 5 Diffusion
Chapter 6 Congregation
Chapter 7 Generation
Part 3 New Research
Chapter 8 Context
Chapter 9 Why Try?
Chapter 10 Why Stay?
Chapter 11 Transformation
Part 4 Implications
Chapter 12 Strategy
Chapter 13 Ecclesiology
concl Conclusion: Fresh, Still ...