Church and Ministry (Kirche und Amt)

Church and Ministry (Kirche und Amt)
Title Church and Ministry (Kirche und Amt) PDF eBook
Author C F W Walther
Publisher
Pages 368
Release 1987
Genre
ISBN 9780758662569

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The Doctrine of the Ministry

The Doctrine of the Ministry
Title The Doctrine of the Ministry PDF eBook
Author Revere Franklin Weidner
Publisher
Pages 158
Release 1907
Genre Church polity
ISBN

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Called and Ordained

Called and Ordained
Title Called and Ordained PDF eBook
Author Todd W. Nichol
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 239
Release 2004-03-15
Genre Religion
ISBN 1592445810

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What is ministry? And how are we to understand the distinctive ecclesiastical office known as ordained ministry? With clarity and insight, this book takes the discussion behind the current impasse between functional and ontological definitions. The contributors provide a distinctively American and ecumenical proposal that is consistent with the confession of justification by faith alone.

A System of Christian Doctrine, Volume 4

A System of Christian Doctrine, Volume 4
Title A System of Christian Doctrine, Volume 4 PDF eBook
Author Isaak A. Dorner
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 459
Release 2016-03-24
Genre Religion
ISBN 1498295533

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This is Volume 4 of a 4 volume set.

The Church as Koinonia of Salvation

The Church as Koinonia of Salvation
Title The Church as Koinonia of Salvation PDF eBook
Author Randall R. Lee
Publisher USCCB Publishing
Pages 312
Release 2005
Genre Religion
ISBN 9781574556339

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This important document proposes new clarifications and pastoral steps that will serve the pilgrimage toward full unity. It provides the biblical, historical, and theological foundations for a common Catholic-Lutheran understanding of the church. The text carefully links the biblical doctrine of justification to the development of the church in the New Testament as a community of salvation whose structures and ministries serve the church's mission to the human family. A detailed exposition is given to the development of the ministries and structures in the church: councils, dioceses, parishes, bishops, presbyters, and the Petrine ministry. Book jacket.

Authority Vested

Authority Vested
Title Authority Vested PDF eBook
Author Mary Todd
Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Pages 360
Release 2000
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780802844576

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Like other major Protestant denominations in the United States, the 2.6-million-member Luther Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), founded in 1847, has struggled with issues of relevance and identity in society at large. In this book Mary Todd chronicles the history of this struggle for identity in the LCMS, critically examining the central--often contentious--issue of authority in relation to Scripture, ministry, and the role of women in the church. In recounting the history of the denomination, Todd uses the ministry of women as a case study to show how the LCMS has continually redefined its concept of authority in order to maintain its own historic identity. Based on oral histories and solid archival research, Authority Vested not only explores the internal life of a significant denomination but also offers critical insights for other churches seeking to maintain their Christian distinctives in religiously pluralistic America.

The Real Church

The Real Church
Title The Real Church PDF eBook
Author Harald Hegstad
Publisher James Clarke & Company
Pages 249
Release 2013-06-27
Genre Religion
ISBN 0227901878

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What does it mean to believe in the church? What is the relationship between the church we believe in and the church we experience? Is there an invisible church that is different from the visible? This book is an argument for an ecclesiology of the visible. The only church, the real church, is a concrete reality made up of people, just like any other fellowship. What distinguishes it as church is the presence of the triune God among those who gather in the name of Jesus, making it a sign and anticipationof the fellowship of the kingdom of God. From this premise Dr. Hegstad analyzes such issues as the relationship between church and world, mission and diakoni, church as fellowship and organization, ministries in the church, worship, and the unity of the church, as well as discussing the relationship between a sociological and a theological understanding of the church.