The Gospel-Driven Church: Retrieving Classical Ministries for Contemporary Revivalism (Deep Church Series) - Softcover

Ian Stackhouse

 
9781842272909: The Gospel-Driven Church: Retrieving Classical Ministries for Contemporary Revivalism (Deep Church Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 184227290X ISBN 13: 9781842272909
Publisher: Paternoster Press, 2004

Synopsis

Charismatic renewal has at the core of its ideology an aspiration for revival. This is a laudable aspiration, but in recent years, in the absence of a large-scale evangelistic impact, it has encouraged a faddist mentality among church leaders. The Gospel-Driven Church documents this development and the numerous theological and pastoral distortions that take place when genuine revival fervor transmutes into revivalism. Moreover, Stackhouse aims to show how a retrieval of some of the core practices of the church, such as preaching, sacraments, the laying on of hands, and prayer is essential at this crucial stage in the trajectory of the renewal movement in the United Kingdom. He commends to church leaders a recovery of these means of grace - including Spirit baptism - as a way of keeping the church centered on the gospel rather than mere pragmatic concerns about size and numbers.

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About the Author

Ian Stackhouse is Senior Pastor of Guildford Baptist Church, he is the author of The Day is Yours, The Gospel Driven Church and a contributer to the book, Remembering our Future, he is active in the Deep Church movement in the UK
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Publisher
Paternoster Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
184227290X
ISBN 13 
9781842272909
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
316