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

Ian Stackhouse

ISBN 10: 184227290X / ISBN 13: 9781842272909

Verlag: Send The Light, United Kingdom, Cumbria, 2004

Beschreibung

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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR001983379

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Gospel-Driven Church: Retrieving ...

Verlag: Send The Light, United Kingdom, Cumbria

Erscheinungsdatum: 2004

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

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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