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Nothing in My Hand I Bring: Reformed Ecclesiology in a Secular Age

, 2020
Reformed Protestantism is variously critiqued in a secular age. On the one hand, Roman Catholics and Anglo-Catholics represent Protestantism as individualistic, opposed to tradition and liturgy, and tending toward a world-denying spirituality.
Michelson, Jared
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‘In step’ with the living God: Rhythms and habits for churches faithful to their calling

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article reflected on the development of a congregational prototype called In pas met die lewende God [‘In step’ with the Living God], that aids congregations in the process of missional transformation.
Thomas J. Smith
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A Study of the Principles of Missional Pastoral Leadership for South Korean Churches

, 2017
Since 2000, the Korean Church has increasingly lost public confidence. The reason for this is that pastors have focused on church growth. They have entirely missed the essence of missional ecclesiology.
Lee, Ilkeun
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The Missional Church: Ecclesiological Discussion in the Gospel and Our Culture Network in North America

, 2002
The Gospel and Our Culture Network is a fast growing and significant movement in North America that is devoted to the task of fostering a missionary encounter with North American culture.
Michael W. Goheen
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Putting the Dutch Reformed Church in Its Place

Ecclesial Futures
The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa faces challenges due to rapid demographic shifts that reduce the proportion of traditional Afrikaner members and threaten the financial viability of its ministries.
Dieter de Bruin
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Regional and/or local: Can church be present in close proximity and in regional cooperation at the same time?

Ecclesial Futures
The article deals with the efforts of the churches in Germany to rebuild the structures of church life in view of the loss of members and resources. The experiences with structural reforms of the last 20 years are evaluated.
Michael Herbst
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Lex Orendi, Lex Missio: Nurturing Missional Praxis through Eucharistic Liturgical Formation

, 2015
Without a clear expression from the theologia prima of the Episcopal Church\u27s eucharistic liturgical practice, mission praxis remains a tangential programmatic expression and not the very shape of the life of the Church. When rooted in theologia prima
Allport, William H., II
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Contours in the development of a missional ecclesiology in the Dutch Reformed Church – a more comprehensive fourth wave [PDF]

, 2010
This article is a response to the description of Dutch Reformed mission since 1990 as mission “to the ends of the earth” in Willem Saayman’s book Being Missionary – Being Human. An overview of Dutch Reformed Mission.
Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)
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An African youth perspective on missional ecclesiology; a Methodist reflection [PDF]

, 2019
Dissertation (MTheology)--University of Pretoria, 2019.Missional church is not a new concept that is going around, however it is only recent that it has begun to be place more in the forefront in the context of the church.

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Invigorating the Church for Mission. Action Research with Local Parishes

, 2012
By drawing together the insights of Action Researchers and a personal theological/spiritual conviction of the total and limitless Love of God I present a bridge between the discourse of faith, worship and spirituality on the one hand, and the discourse ...
Prebble, Edward Howard
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