02988cam a2200349 a 4500001001300000003000900013005001700022008004100039010001500080015001900095020003800114020003500152040006000187042001000247050002400257082001200281245012800293246003700421260005700458300004000515490002800555504004100583505124800624520054701872650002602419650001102445650002202456650002002478700002802498830002902526856008302555000043278042AU-EpEBC20150227135919.0080715s2008    miua     b    000 0 eng    a2008031137  aGBA9006202bnb  a9780802863584 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a0802863582 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdBAKERdYDXCPdC#PdBWXdCDXdDLCdNEMB  aukscp00aBV601.8b.M594 200800a26622204aThe missional church and denominations :bhelping congregations develop a missional identity /cedited by Craig Van Gelder.18aMissional church & denominations  aGrand Rapids, MI :bWilliam B. Eerdmans Pub.,c2008.  ax, 282 p. :billus. ; pbk ;c23 cm.1 aMissional church series  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aIntroduction: Engaging the missional church conversation -- A missional engagement with denominations and denominationalism -- An ecclesiastical geno-project : unpacking the DNA of denominations and denominationalism / Craig Van Gelder -- Living in the city, journeying outside the gate : a missional approach to polity / David G. Forney -- Reframing denominations from a missional perspective / Alan J. Roxburgh -- The challenge of developing missional denominational agencies and the implications for leadership / Marion Wyvetta Bullock -- A missional reframing of ecclesiology and polity for specific denominations -- A more true "domestic and foreign missionary society" : toward a missional polity for the Episcopal Church / Dwight Zscheile -- Missional DNA of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America / Daniel R. Anderson -- Missional ordered ministry in the Evangelical Covenant Church : moving toward apostolic imagination / Kyle J.A. Small -- Missional renewal : an ecclesiology and polity proposal for the Baptist General Conference / Todd Hobart -- Epilogue: The story of one denomination seeking to become missional -- Insights into becoming a missional denomination : the Reformed Church in America / Wesley Granberg-Michaelson.1 a"The Missional Church and Denominations utilizes the missional church conversation as a lens for engaging an important dimension of church life in the United States - denominations and denominationalism." "Denominations have been studied from a wide variety of perspectives, including historical, sociological, and theological, but they have yet to be engaged in light of a missional church understanding. Here each essay helps to bring further clarity to the word "missional" and contributes to the ever-widening conversation."--BOOK JACKET. 0aMission of the church 0aChurch 0aMissionsxTheory. 0aChristian sects1 aVan Gelder, Craig.eed. 0aMissional church series.41yTable of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0824/2008031137.html