Slow Church
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Slow Church

Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus

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Slow Church

Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus

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Readers' Choice Award WinnerBest Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds BookstoreFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast... church?The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism.In the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In Slow Church, Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.

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Publisher
IVP
Year
2014
ISBN
9780830895953
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Church

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 A Theological Vision for Slow Church
  9. First Course
  10. 2 Terroir
  11. 3 Stability
  12. 4 Patience
  13. Second Course
  14. 5 Wholeness
  15. 6 Work
  16. 7 Sabbath
  17. Third Course
  18. 8 Abundance
  19. 9 Gratitude
  20. 10 Hospitality
  21. 11 Dinner Table Conversation as a Way of Being Church
  22. Conclusion
  23. Acknowledgments
  24. Recommended Reading
  25. Notes
  26. Praise for Slow Church
  27. About the Authors
  28. Praxis
  29. More Titles from InterVarsity Press