Gospel-Centered Church
Description
The principles contained in this workbook are an attempt to articulate what a true gospel ministry might look like. They are principles that can be worked out in a range of situations, from Sunday school or youth work to a whole congregation.
This workbook is not a recipe for success, but is rather designed to help clarify our thinking about how to be more faithful to God's saving message - not only in what we say, but in how we live our lives as the people of God.
Steve Timmis and Dr Tim Chester have years of experience behind them in churches large and small. Currently, they are part of the leadership team of The Crowded House - a church planting initiative in Sheffield, UK.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Finding your way around
- Part One: The Priority of Mission
- 1. Mission at the center
- 2. Mission for everyone
- 3. Mission and worship
- 4. Mission without walls
- 5. Mission without compromise
- 6. Mission without fear
- Part Two: The Priority of People
- 7. The priority of people
- 8. People in relationships
- 9. People in partnership
- 10. People enabled for service
- 11. People not programs
- 12. People not buildings
- Part Three: The Priority of Community
- 13. The priority of community
- 14. A persuasive community
- 15. A welcoming community
- 16. An inclusive community
- 17. A multiplying community
- Conclusion
- 18. The gospel-centerd church
- Further reading
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Additional Information
| Author | Steve Timmis & Tim Chester |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781873166871 |
| Pages | 96 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
Customer Reviews
A good hearty challenge.
I can't give this enough praise. Basic, truthful, searching, reflective work needs to be done here. I did it as a journal, now we are working through it on Sunday mornings and Tuesday nights. I am in a church plant situation, and it is so where we are at the moment. Thanks Tim. 
Excellent if long workbook
Our small group used this excellent workbook and it took us forward in our corporate understanding around mission. One outcome - not entirely due to this book but certainly partially - is that we are reconfiguring the entire group quite significantly around mission (disbanding and reforming to do so).
There are 17 chapters in the book which make it quite a long study (probably too long) if you do one per week. As the chapters are short we did two per session for a 9 week course.
You can see our reflections on the book at:
http://passionfruitblog.wordpress.com/category/studies/gospel-centred-church/
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