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Loading... Reframing Hope: Vital Ministry in a New Generation (edition 2010)by Carol Howard Merritt
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Merritt does an amazing job of "reframing" church life in the second decade of the 21st century. She masterfully reviews the historical (ancient and recent) streams of Christian practice that have brought U.S. religious experience to this point in time, and suggests ways of moving into the future in a healthy, hopeful manner. ( ) here's a bit from Alban on the book ~ *Hope may look different to a 25-year-old web designer than it does to a 60-year-old deacon. But it is hope nonetheless. In Reframing Hope, Carol Howard Merritt takes a look at what ministry in, with, and by a new generation might look like. She understands that we are not creating from nothing the vital ministry of the next generation. Instead, we are working through what we have, sorting out the best parts, acknowledging and healing from the worst, and reframing it all. no reviews | add a review
Much has been written about the changing landscape the church finds itself in, and even more about the church's waning influence in our culture. From her vantage point as an under-40 pastor, Carol Howard Merritt, author of Tribal Church, moves away from the handwringing toward a discovery of what ministry in, with, and by a new generation might look like. What does the substance of hope look like right now? What does hope look like when it is framed in a new generation? Motivated by these questions, Merritt writes Reframing Hope with the understanding that we are not creating from nothing the vital ministry of the next generation. Instead, we are working through what we have, sorting out the best parts, acknowledging and healing from the worst, and reframing it all. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)253Religions Christian pastoral theology, homiletics and religious orders Pastoral Ministry; Pastoral TheologyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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