The origin of the phrase "the church has left the building" lies with Elvis. In order to clear halls of his riotous fans after concerts, it was announced that "Elvis has left the building." Here, the expression highlights intense change within the church. Not only does the church change for its own existence, it also does so for the life of the world. The church cannot avoid the many past and future changes of our constantly transforming society, demographic changes long in process. What you have before you is a gathering of first-hand reflections--stories really--from a diverse group of Christians, lay as well as ordained. While each has a distinctive experience of the church in our time, all of them have something to say about the many changes in our society and how these are affecting our faith, the parish, and pastoral work.Contributors: Mary BretonNicholas DenysenkoAdam A. J. DeVilleJohn C. FrazierDavid FrostCarol FryerKenneth J. GuestBrett HooverAbbie HuffWongee JohJustin MathewsMaria Gwyn McDowellWilliam C. MillsRobert Corin MorrisSarah Hinlicky WilsonMichael Plekon

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Publisher

Cascade Books

Year

2016

ISBN

9781498239578

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

Systematic Theology & Ethics

Title Page
Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Belonging to the Christian Community in the Twenty-first Century, When “the Church Has Left the Building”
Chapter 2: From Bonaventure to BustedHalo®: Ministry beyond the Church Walls
Chapter 3: The Church Has Left—and Should Leave?—the Building
Chapter 4: The Home that Joy Built
Chapter 5: “To Not Lose Any Part”
Chapter 6: Church Goes to the Pub
Chapter 7: Awe, Joy, Adaptability, and Sausage: Liturgy and Ecclesial Revitalization
Chapter 8: The Church as Engagement
Chapter 9: Paying My Dues
Chapter 10: Church beyond the Walls
Chapter 11: Church over Church
Chapter 12: “Worship on Wheels!”
Chapter 13: The Parish in the Twenty-first Century: Community Not Construction
Chapter 14: God Is with Us, God Is the future
Chapter 15: Still in Church
Chapter 16: Many Mansions: Reimagining the Church and Its Buildings in the Global City