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100	1	0	_aStott, John R.W. (John Robert Walmsley), _d1921-
245	1	4	_aThe living church : _bConvictions of a lifelong pastor / _cJohn STOTT.
250			_aFirst Edition.
260	0		_aNottingham, United Kingdom : _bInter-Varsity Press, _c2007.
300			_a192 pages ; _c22 cm.
500			_aa/c 567612. Includes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aPREFACE: "Emerging churches". The postmodern world. 1- Essentials: God's vision for his church. A learning church. A caring church. A worshipping church. An evangelising church. 2- Worship: Glorying in God's holy name. Biblical worship. Congregational worship. Spiritual worship. Moral worship. 3- Evangelism: Mision through the local church. Forms of evangelism. The church must understand itself: its theology. The church must organize itself: Its structures. The church must express itself: Its message. The church must be itself: Its life. 4- Ministry: The twelve and the seven. An every-member ministry. The pastoral ministry. The example of the apostle (the shepherd). The invasion of false teachers (the wolves). The value of the people (the sheep). 5- Fellowship: The implications of koinonia. Our common inheritance. Our common service. Our mutual responsibility. Some practical illustrations. 6- Preaching: Five paradoxes. Biblical and contemporary. Authoritative and tentative. Prophetic and pastoral. Gifted and studied. Thoughtful and passionate. 7- Giving: Ten principles. Springing from the trinity. Creating equality according to our means. Careful supervision and friendly rivalry. A harvest with symbolic significance. The result: Thanksgiving to God. 8- Impact: Salt and light. The truths of salt and light. Weapons for social change. Christian distinctives. CONCLUSION: Looking for Timothys in the twenty-first century. A threefold appeal. Where are the Timothys? Three historical appendices. An autobiographical sketch. (i) Why I am still a member of the Church of England. (ii) I have a dream of a living church. (iii) Reflections of an octogenarian.
520			_aOne copy held in FROZEN COLLECTION - Ecclesiology.
650			_aChurch renewal.
650			_aChurch _xBiblical teaching.
650		4	_aChurch renewal _xChurch of England.
650		4	_aPastoral theology.
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