Wayne Lavender

Who Will Care for the Orphan?

If You Are a United Methodist, It Could Be You!

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an important contribution for all United Methodists concerned that their denomination is approaching irrelevance. Within its pages Dr. Lavender offers a Biblical, Wesleyan and means-tested approach that both saves the lives of millions of orphans and vulnerable children and inspires evangelical hope for the church.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Morgan James Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781630478568
• ISBN-10: 1630478563
• Artikelnr.: 44002580

Autorenporträt

Wayne Lavender is a United Methodist pastor dedicated to creating a world of peace and justice for all people. In addition to serving churches in Connecticut for twenty years, he is a teacher with experience in both Iraq and the US, author, and active speaker, having led over 200 workshops on peace with justice. A winner of the Harry E. Denman Evangelism Award in 2004, he earned his B.A. from Drew University, M.Div. and M.A. from the Pacific School of Religion, and a Ph.D. from the School of Public Policy at George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Ken Carder
Introduction
Chapter I - Whither the UMC
Chapter II - Recipe for a Denomination in Decline: John Wesley Redux
Chapter III - Methodists and Orphans
Chapter IV - Peacebuilding Within and Beyond the UMC
Chapter V - A Better Way
Chapter VI - Organizing to Defeat the Spiritual Forces of Evil
Conclusion
Appendix I
Appendix II
References