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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City missions. City churches. Church work. Evangelistic work.