Pathways to the Waters of Grace: A Guide for a Church's Ministry with Parents Seeking Baptism for Their Children - Hardcover

Batchelder, David B.

 
9781498281331: Pathways to the Waters of Grace: A Guide for a Church's Ministry with Parents Seeking Baptism for Their Children
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1498281338 ISBN 13: 9781498281331
Verlag: Wipf and Stock, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

What if the church took with utmost seriousness that baptism is the gift of a new identity taking a lifetime to grow into? And, what if that identity includes God's call to a way of life made visible in how Jesus lived his? This book is a response to these questions in relationship to the church's practice of baptizing children. This book's underlying premise is that how the church helps parents prepare for baptism is vital to how the whole family lives its baptismal identity throughout life, as well as to the renewal of churches themselves. In the last several decades, institutionalized Christianity has found itself renegotiating its relationship with a culture that often has churches on the defensive for practices that are little changed from an era now past and insufficient as a witness to life as Christ's disciple. This book urges a reconsideration of what churches offer parents seeking baptism for a child, offering a transformed vision of such a ministry as well as a practical guide for putting it in place in the life of churches. Pastors, educators, and leaders will find a pathway to follow that promises to be life changing for all involved.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David B. Batchelder, pastor of West Plano Presbyterian Church, Plano, Texas, is active in the renewal of worship in the Church with particular attention to its sacramental practice. In addition to numerous articles on all matters pertaining to worship, he is the author of All Through the Day, All Through the Year: Family Prayers & Celebrations.

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Verlag
Wipf and Stock
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1498281338
ISBN 13 
9781498281331
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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