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Tomorrow’s Church: Transforming the Body of Christ for the Mission to Come [PDF]

, 2018
Organizational transformation is unavoidable yet necessary for institutional health. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is at a crossroads today as it is coming to grips with this reality.
Telyea, Wesley C.
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Free for Mission

Ecclesial Futures, 2020
Working at the intersection of ethnographic and missional theology, this essay argues for the central role of fieldwork for discerning missional identity in congregations.
Scott J. Hagley
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A Study of the Principles of Missional Pastoral Leadership for South Korean Churches [PDF]

, 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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Missional Leadership in Times of Congregational Transition [PDF]

, 2020
Congregational transitions are points of change, providing opportunities to introduce a missional understanding and direction of ministry. Missional leadership in times of congregational transition includes case studies of three ELCA congregations in ...
Svensson, Tormod O.
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Inclusivity in youth ministry praxis and the challenge of mainline church attrition

Verbum et Ecclesia
Despite a century of professional development in youth ministry, the American church continues to face generational attrition. This article explores this paradox, employing practical theology to scrutinise the historical praxis and philosophies shaping ...
Michael W. Droege, Malan Nel
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A Korean perspective on megachurches as missional churches

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2015
Both the megachurch and the missional church are on-going global phenomena. Working from the premise that the church has to be missional, this article operates from a Korean perspective and researches whether a megachurch can be missional. The megachurch
Cornelius J.P. Niemandt, Yongsoo Lee
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Scanning strategies for the Planck mission [PDF]

arXiv, 1998
This paper discusses the problem of the optimisation of the scanning strategy for the Planck mission.
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The Unsettled Church: The Search for Identity and Relevance in the Ecclesiologies of Nicholas Healy, Ephraim Radner, and Darrell Guder [PDF]

, 2015
This dissertation examines the efforts of three contemporary theologians whose work is a part of the search for a new methodology for doing ecclesiology located on the continuum between the Church\u27s identity and relevance.
Naydenov, Emanuel D.
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A Theology of Church Planting [PDF]

, 2011
Does church planting need a theology of its own? Or is it enough for it to be informed by theological themes? This paper will attempt to address this conversation.
Stevenson, Phil
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Merkers vir �n eietydse prakties-teologiese ekklesiologie

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2014
Markers for a contemporary practical theological ecclesiology. Faith communities, especially congregations, are defined and described in a number of ways.
Willem J. Schoeman
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