Center church :

Keller, Timothy J., 1950-

Center church : doing balanced, Gospel-centered ministry in your city / Timothy Keller. - Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, c2012. - 395 p. ; hbk ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Centre church theological vision. Gospel Part 1 : Gospel Theology.

The gospel is not everything --
The gospel is not a simple thing --
The gospel affects everything. Gospel Part 2 : Gospel Renewal.

The need for gospel renewal --
The essence of gospel renewal --
The work of gospel renewal. City Part 3 : Gospel Contextualization

Intentional contextualization --
Balanced contextualization --
Biblical contextualization --
Active contextualization. City Part 4 : City Vision.

The tension of the city --
Redemption and the city --
The call to the city --
The gospel for the city.
City Part 5 : Cultural Engagement.

The cultural crisis of the church --
The cultural responses of the church --
Why all the models are right... and wrong --
Cultural engagement through blended insights. Movement : Part 6 : Missional Community.

The search for the missional church --
Centering the missional church --
Equipping people for missional living.
Movement Part 7 : Integrative Ministry.

The balance of ministry fronts --
Connecting people to God --
Connecting people to one another --
Connecting people to the city --
Connecting people to the culture.
Movement Part 8 : Movement Dynamics.

Movements and institutions --
The church as an organized organism --
Church planting as a movement dynamic --
The city and the gospel ecosystem --
Late modernity and the center church. Epilogue : Late modernity and the center church.

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