Reshaping the mission of Methodism - Softcover

David Clark (ed)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1899147748 ISBN 13: 9781899147748

Publisher: Church in the Market Place Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Reshaping the Mission of Methodism describes some of the most creative initiatives in mission within Methodism today. These range from initiatives at national and regional level, to new ventures in mission in the inner-city, on housing estates, in largely black congregations, through the Internet, and in both urban and rural situations. While these pioneering endeavours are giving Methodism a new lease of life, they can also be seen as pointers to how the mission of the whole church will need to be reshaped if it is to engage with a society which regards it as having diminishing relevance. In the second part of the book, David Clark (also editor) draws out the implications of these initiatives for 'Mapping a Way Forward', Methodism's nation-wide exercise in equipping itself for mission. He sets out a radically new approach to a theology of mission founded on the concept of 'communal holiness', and rooted in Methodism's origins as a holiness movement. He uses the initiatives set out in the first part of the book to illustrate key aspects of a city-wide strategy for mission that is both innovative and far-reaching. It is a strategy which embraces the contribution of every denomination to 'the greater church' of the future which, as he has argued in 'Breaking the Mould of Christendom', must be 'a diaconal church'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Church in the Market Place Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1899147748
• ISBN 13: 9781899147748
• Binding: Paperback