{"product_id":"shalom-church-the-body-of-christ-as-ministering-community-paperback","title":"Shalom Church: The Body of Christ as Ministering Community - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig L. Nessan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many manuals advise clergy and congregants on tactics for church survival or thriving, few address the deepest identity, shape, and imperatives of the church in its identity in Christ and the tradition of discipling that stems from his life, work, death, and resurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs compelling as it is clear, \u003cb\u003eCraig Nessan's\u003c\/b\u003e important new work retrieves biblical metaphors of the body of Christ and, following Dietrich Bonhoeffer, sees church today as \"Christ existing as community.\" To theological-probing \u003cb\u003eNessan\u003c\/b\u003e then adds contextual analysis and describes the four chief imperatives that mark Christ's presence in the world today: peacemaking, justice-making, care for creation, and engagement with the other. He then unfolds the real-life implications of this paradigm of Christian community for local church structure, strategies for partnering, public witness, and interreligious engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52758014624051,"sku":"9780800663278","price":48.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/I68Kg7IH9K9780800663278.webp?v=1764421073","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/shalom-church-the-body-of-christ-as-ministering-community-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}