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Ecclesiology and Mission: Exploring the Church's Identity and Calling in a Changing World

by Evelyn Hibbert

Church identity shaped by mission

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Church identity shaped by mission

Edited by Evelyn Hibbert, this volume examines how Christian understandings of the church connect with its missionary calling. Contributions from scholars and practitioners address the tension between institutional stability and engagement with mission, using case studies from Azerbaijan, India, Thailand, and Canada. Those examples highlight relationships, family networks, hospitality, and adaptation across different cultural contexts, including settings marked by persecution. The collection also considers simpler, networked forms of church life and offers perspectives on how congregations can integrate mission into their practices. Its subject brings theology and practical approaches to church life into a shared discussion.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers studying Christian theology, ecclesiology, or missiology.
  • Church leaders and practitioners considering how mission relates to congregational life.
  • Readers interested in cross-cultural church case studies and networked forms of community.

Themes

Church identity and missionMission in congregational lifeCross-cultural Christian communitiesRelational and networked church formsAdaptation amid persecution

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Book overview

Mission is not an activity of the church. Mission defines it.
Over time, many churches drift toward institutional stability and away from their mission calling in a rapidly changing world. Ecclesiology and Mission confronts this tension. Mission defines the church; the church embodies the gospel. Christians need to live out biblical concepts that will create diverse, reproducing church expressions worldwide.
In this book, scholars and frontline practitioners stress the need to reintegrate mission with church life. Case studies from Azerbaijan, India, Thailand, and Canada show how mission thrives through relationships, family networks, hospitality, and adaptive faith, even under persecution. The authors in this volume highlight a trend toward simpler, networked, relational churches that can flexibly navigate modern complexities. They provide insights into how to think about church and mission, and how churches can do mission today.
Ecclesiology and Mission equips readers to reimagine the church as a dynamic, multiplying community--faithful to Scripture and adaptable to diverse cultural contexts--so that mission once again becomes the heartbeat of the church.
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