'Mixed ecology' is a term use to describe how traditional parishes
co-exist with fresh expressions, church plants and pioneer ministries.
Ed Olsworth-Peter explores what an integrated mixed ecology of Church
looks like in a post pandemic world. As society begins to come to
terms with the cultural and financial impacts of the last couple of
years, the way we meet as church and how we reach out to those within
our communities needs to be reconsidered. The Church of England's new
vision and strategy includes three priorities one of which is that
'mixed ecology is the norm'. Much has been written about the mixed
economy/ecology of Church over the last 15 years across a range of
traditions and denominations, but what hasn't been explored as such is
the connectivity and dependency between different local expressions of
church, and the value of 'co-growing' alongside one another for their
mutual health and missional development. More than ever there is a
need for the church to be 'one body' - unified yet distinctive, aware
of the gift of its breadth in a 'global' ecosystem that together
recognises and resources different expressions of church. This book
will help church leaders and worshipping communities to understand
their place within the mixed ecology, the value of growing their own
local ecosystem, and how to develop a physically gathered, digital and
hybrid ecology of Church. Offering cultural, ecclesiological and
missional insights, coupled with practical application, it draws on
the voices of respected theologians, authors and church leaders in the
UK and USA.
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Inhabiting an Integrated Church
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780281089383
Publisert
2024
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
SPCK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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