Dying Church, Rising Body - Softcover

Haugan, Harald K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145205083X ISBN 13: 9781452050836

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2010

Synopsis

Dying Church, Rising Body centers on the need to reclaim the Biblical emphasis on church discipleship and growth the way it was done in the 1st Century. Too many churches have compromised with contemporary culture both in structure and faith thus the first half of the title, "Dying Church . . . " The first century church of Peter, Paul, John and the other Apostle's grew through their witness to Jesus Christ and making disciples whose interpersonal ministries and evangelism developed through the use of spiritual gifts thus the second half of the title, "Rising Body . . . " Paul especially emphasized this method of developing thriving bodies of believers whose concentration was on heart and relational transformation as opposed to buildings, superstar preachers, doctrinal differences, denominational competition and traditional worship forms.

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About the Author

Organized hypocrisy, that's all church is. The Rev. Harald Haugan is concerned how people see the church that way. We have to change the perception that church is 'organized religion' therefore something to be avoided. This is a reality he believes can be changed but it has to come from within churches themselves. With over 50 years in the ordained ministry he has observed how many churches have left their biblical roots and compromised with contemporary culture. They tend to look more like inaccessible traditional corporations than interpersonal spiritual bodies openly presenting Jesus Christ. Having pastored rural and suburban churches in Florida, planted four churches, been chaplain to prep schools in New Hampshire and Connecticut, he has also done exchange work in Norway, traveled through Europe and the Middle East, worked as youth pastor developing outreach through camp and coffee house ministry and in retirement starting new groups and helping struggling congregations. The author is a 1956 graduate of the University of Florida and an MDiv. seminary graduate from the University of the South in 1959 and did Summer graduate work at the University of Oslo in Norway in 1963. He has also authored 4 other books, Marriage God's Way, The Sermon on the Mount, The Last Teaching of Christ and The Kingdom's Keys, Parables.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 145205083X
• ISBN 13: 9781452050836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188