Andrew Gamman

Church Invisible: Insights for Today's Church From the Sixteenth Century Radicals (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

We are living in a time in which we are seeing a rapid unravelling of institutional structures in western society and a re-alignment of values. The church is not faring well in this process. This book takes the form of an earthed and practical theology and asks the question 'what is the church?' Rather than a purely theoretical, or a purely pragmatic approach, it looks to the radical Reformers of the sixteenth century and finds there an emphasis on the church's invisible realities and on community both of which have a relevance to the twenty-first century.

"In a day when the institutional Church is under question, not a few are eager to prescribe for what they perceive to be wrong. Andrew Gamman's book, however, is far from another set of nostrums, rather it is a reflection on places the Church has been before. From the ferment of debate about the nature of the Church in the 16th century, particularly within the radical wing of the Reformation, Andrew draws helpful insights and lessons that give pointers for the future."

Brian K. Smith, Professor Emeritus, Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Distributed via Smashwords
• Seitenzahl: 201
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780473263171
• Artikelnr.: 45517730

Autorenporträt

Andrew Gamman is passionate about fishing, family and the local church, although not necessarily in that order. He is concerned about the gap between the church and many in the wider community who are spiritually aware. Believing in Jesus is not a problem for them, but belonging to a church isn't on the radar. In this regard he has been re-thinking how we define church, and what it is that we do when we meet together. He is an accredited Baptist minister, employed by Methodist Mission Resourcing and teaching at Trinity Theological College in Auckland, New Zealand. With his wife, Caroline Bindon, he co-pastors of the independent Avenues Church community www.avenues.org.nz and has founded Kereru Publishing to resource Christian leaders for twenty-first century ministry.