Congregational Transformation in Australian Baptist Church Life
New Wineskins Volume 1
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Congregational Transformation in Australian Baptist Church Life
New Wineskins Volume 1
About This Book
This first volume of the New Wineskins series introduces the very best of current research and reflection on congregational transformation among Australian Baptists. This volume's authors share the conviction that Baptist congregations must find new ways of engaging with the increasingly secular context of Australia. Collectively, they take the view that this requires congregations to remain spiritually vital, practically engaged, missionally relevant, and theologically authentic.The New Wineskins Symposium created a platform upon which our authors shared findings, made recommendations, and engaged in lively dialogue. The breadth of proposals and recommendations points to the need for an ongoing conversation. The volume's editors hope that this series will catalyse a wider conversation and stimulate practical ministries among the many church and agency leaders who were unable to attend the original Symposium.Darren Cronshaw is a mission catalyst and researcher for the Baptist Union of Victoria, Melbourne. Darrell Jackson is the Senior Lecturer in Missiology at Morling College, Sydney. Both Darren and Darrell hold earned doctorates and are ordained Baptist ministers.
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Table of contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part A: â¨Case Studies of Transformation, Discipleship, and Missional Innovation
- It Started with a Parable
- Education as a Community-Creating Missional Platform
- Missional Rejuvenation of Historic Inner-City Churches
- Life in Community
- Encounter Baptist Churchâs Journey with 3DM Discipleship and Mission
- A Joining of the Ways
- The Swan Island Peace Convergence
- Imagining a Renewed Story at AuburnLife
- Part B: â¨Theology and Tools for Congregational Transformation and Consultancy
- Four Questions To Ask when Leading a Church into Change
- When the Wineskins Burst
- From Stuck to Growing
- The Work of Transformation
- Giving Newcomers a Voice
- A Contemporary Theology of Local Church Mission, in Global Perspective
- Conclusion
- Endnotes