Liberating The Laity

Author : R. Paul Stevens
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781573830126
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberating the Laity written by R. Paul Stevens and published by Regent College Publishing. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every church has far more work than any one person can do. Even a team of professionals is not enough. The New Testament solution was for every member to be a minister. Though the priesthood of all believers was a key idea in the Reformation, it is little practised today. Following secular models, churches usually organize around the clergy, who are paid by the laity to do the ministry. Paul Stevens argues that, according to Scripture, the primary task of a Christian leader is not to do the work but to equip the saints to do it. Exploring new options for pastors, tentmakers and laypeople, this book provides structures and strategies to best equip all the saints for ministry.

Author : R. Paul (Robert Paul) Stevens
Publisher : Regent College Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9781553610434
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberating the Laity written by R. Paul (Robert Paul) Stevens and published by Regent College Pub.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne Rowthorn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1579105874
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberation of the Laity written by Anne Rowthorn and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2000-12-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate call for a new liberation movement, this time within the church in North America.... The genius of 'The Liberation of the Laity' is not so much that it provides new information or even an entirely original thesis, but that it lays piece after piece together until the pattern emerges for us, and we have the eyes to see the repetition and extension of that pattern in our own experiences of church life. Books and Religion The author, in this deeply felt and powerfully argued book, tackles the issues of the nature of ministry, priesthood, ordination, lay theology, a spirituality of life in the world. The argument is clearly expressed, draws upon a wide range of scholarship, the example of the early church as well as the experience of the author.... I cannot be dispassionate in recommending this book. It provides a model of what a theology of the people should be like in the way it argues the case for such a theology. Zadok Perspectives - a quarterly journal of the Zadok Institute for Christianity and Society (Australia). If I could have one wish fulfilled - I'd wish that Anne Rowthorn's 'The Liberation of the Laity' would be required reading for Christians everywhere! She is a voice for the church's voiceless. Irene V. Jackson-Brown 'The Liberation of the Laity' will irritate, inform, and inspire. And it should be read by all - lay and ordained - who are willing to have their eyes, and most especially their hearts, opened a little wider. Virginia Seminary Journal 'The Liberation of the Laity' is a provocative book that challenges the clericalist culture of the church, and provides practical advice and sound counsel toward a more inclusive future. Further, the book affirms the history and theology of the ministry of all baptized persons in a deep and thought-provoking way. 'The Liberation of the Laity' will spark conversation and reflection among those most concerned about the future of ministry, and the need for the church to support the vocations of all the baptized. Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook Director of Congregational Studies Associate Professor Episcopal Divinity School

Author : Paul Lakeland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780826416360
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberation of the Laity written by Paul Lakeland and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004-05-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theological reflections explore the genuine role of the Catholic laity, leading to proposals for a "lay liberation theology" and structural reform of the Catholic church. "Throughout, Lakeland does an admirable job of balancing his style to make the work useful for both general and specialized readers. Lakeland surveys the contributions of an impressive number of historical and contemporary writers on the laity."QWilliam A. Clark, "Catholic Books Review."Continuum Books

Author : John Raleigh Mott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberating the Lay Forces of Christianity written by John Raleigh Mott and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Howard A. Snyder
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725207966
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberating the Church written by Howard A. Snyder and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 1996-12-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church gets into trouble whenever it thinks it is in the church business rather than the Kingdom business. In the church business, people are concerned with Kingdom activities, all human behavior and everything God has made.... Church people think about how to get people into the church; Kingdom people think about how to get the church into the world.

Author : Paul Lakeland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781501397707
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberation of the Laity written by Paul Lakeland and published by . This book was released on with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present crisis in the American Catholic Church stems from a two-fold source: lay people are powerless while the bishops are accountable to no one but the pope and the curia. While the number of lay people exercising ministries in the church has grown enormously over the past thirty years (largely due to the shortage of priests), there has been little or no theological reflection till now on the genuine role of the laity. It is only from such reflection that structural reform of the church will come.The first half of The Liberation of the Laity concentrates on the fortunes of the laity, theologically speaking, between Vatican I (1870) and Vatican II (1962-65). It examines the growth of the "new theology" in France in the 1940s and 1950s and shows how in the work of one of its leading practitioners, Yves Congar, much of the vision of the laity expressed at Vatican II was anticipated. Seeing the years after the council as decades of missed opportunities to recognize the role of the laity, the book then turns to a series of constructive proposals for the liberation of the laity, and thus the liberation of the church. It discusses the importance of "secularity," the need for a "lay liberation theology," and the centrality of the struggles against global capitalism in the mission of the church. It ends with a chapter envisioning dramatic changes in ministry and governing structures, in which accountability will be central, "servant leaders" will include women and married people, and both ecclesiastical careerism and the College of Cardinals will be history.

Author : Siang-Yang Tan
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780310529316
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lay Counseling written by Siang-Yang Tan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1991 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook on lay counseling including an overview and how-to information for leaders and lay counselors, Reverend Siang-Yang Tan's helpful book also includes a forward by Gary R. Collins.

Author : Dr. Samuel White III
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490849386
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Brother's Keeper written by Dr. Samuel White III and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Brother's Keeper is a training manual for clergy, laity, parents, teachers, social workers, youth workers, guidance counselors and caring persons who want to develop a Mentoring Program, Rites of Passage, Conflict Resolution Classes, Liberation Lessons and use Rap music to free young African American males from their spiritual, social, and psychological bondage. Moreover, these ministries will raise their self-esteem, fulfill their paternal deprivation, help them manage their anger, instruct them to be peacemakers, develop their moral consciousness and save their souls.

Author : Robert A. Muthiah
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606080946
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Priesthood of All Believers in the Twenty-First Century written by Robert A. Muthiah and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Muthiah believes a deepened theology of the priesthood of all believers is essential for answering the crucial questions of what shape the church should take in the twenty-first century, and how this theological query relates to the lived experiences of congregations. Emerging churches, which tend to develop vibrant practices of the priesthood of all believers, need to develop more fully their ecclesiological underpinnings, while historic churches, with a well-developed theology of the priesthood of all believers, need a renewed vigor to allow this theology to shape their congregational lives. With recourse to relevant New Testament texts and theological conversations, The Priesthood of All Believers in the Twenty-First Cenutry argues for a fresh understanding and embodiment of the priesthood of all believers by setting ecclesiology, postmodern culture, and congregational practices in dialogue. Elements of the discussion include ecumenical and Free church perspectives, Trinitarian correspondence, postmodern social structures, the relevance of Alasdair McIntyre's social practices for congregations, and forms of congregational leadership.