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LEADER: 02485cam a22002658a 4500
001 2009037282
003 DLC
005 20100104124708.0
008 090908s2010 mnu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009037282
020 $a9780800663261 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBV601.8$b.N37 2010
082 00 $a262/.7$222
100 1 $aNessan, Craig L.
245 10 $aBeyond maintenance to mission :$ba theology of the congregation /$cCraig L. Nessan.
250 $aCompletely rev. & expanded ed.
260 $aMinneapolis, MN :$bFortress Press,$c2010.
263 $a1003
300 $ap. cm.
500 $a"Ten Year Anniversary Edition."
500 $a"With study guide for congregational use."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aOrientation -- Basic elements of a theology of the congregation -- Kerygma, koinonia, and diakonia -- From identity to mission and back again -- Grounded in liturgy of Word and Cacrament -- First listen -- Congregational story -- Cultural story -- Biblical story -- Trinitarian mission : the sending of the Son in the power of the spirit -- Jesus and the Kingdom of God -- Living Word of Gospel -- From proclamation to parenesis -- Worship : imagining the kingdom -- In the name of -- Eucharistic drama -- Go in peace; serve the Lord -- Identity -- Introduction to part two -- Prayer : your kingdom come! -- Leading the people of Gd in prayer -- Let us pray for -- Lord, teach us to pray! -- Education : making disciples -- Arcane discipline -- Saints who followed -- Crossings -- Life in community : friends of the crucified -- The meaning of Christian friendship -- Egalitarian communion -- Pastor and people -- Stewardship : God owns everything -- Ownership -- Tithing : a check on idolatry -- Caring -- Mission -- Introduction to part three -- Evangelizing : speaking the kingdom -- Unprecedented diversity : are we ready to be changed? -- Evangelizing defined -- Learning to speak the faith -- Global connections : the Catholic Church -- Centrifugal force of the Gospel -- Beyond nationalism -- Global connections in the congregation -- Ecumenism : that all may be one -- Ecumenism as apologetics -- Toward a common table -- In service to God's world -- Social ministry : striving for justice and peace in all the earth -- Social service and social advocacy -- The critical mass : three priorities -- Congregational praxis -- Conclusion: One long epiclesis.
650 0 $aMission of the church.