Part I. Peoples -- c h. 1. Iglesias emergentes in Latin America / Osias Segura-Guzman -- ch. 2. Emerging churches in Aotearoa New Zealand / Steve Taylor -- ch. 3. Emerging missional churches in Australia / Darren Cronshaw -- ch. 4. New expressions of church in Scandinavia / Ruth Skree -- ch. 5. New expressions of church in the Low Countries / Nico-Dirk van Loo -- ch. 6. Fresh expressions of missional church in French-speaking Europe / Blayne Waltrip --ch. 7. Emerging Christian communities in German-speaking Europe / Peter Aschoff -- Part II. Cultures -- ch. 8. New monastic community in a time of environmental crisis / Ian Mobsby -- ch. 9. Mission within hybrid cultures : transnationality and the glocal church / Oscar Garcia-Johnson -- ch. 10. Distinctly welcoming : the church in a pluralist culture / Richard Sudworth -- ch. 11. Our p(art) in an age of beauty / Troy Bronsink -- ch. 12. Mission among individual consumers / Stefan Paas -- ch. 13. Mission in a new spirituality culture / Steve Hollinghurst -- Part III. Practices -- ch. 14. Rethinking worship as an emerging Christian practice / Paul Roberts -- ch. 15. Formation in the post-Christendom era : exilic practices and missional identity / Dwight J. Friesen -- ch. 16. Toward a holistic process of transformational mission / Tobias Faix -- ch. 17. Leadership as body and environment : the rider and the horse / Mary Kate Morse -- Part IV. Experiments -- ch. 18. The underground : the living mural of a hip-hop church / Ralph Watkins -- ch. 19. Bykirken (the city-church) : pray and eat / Andreas �sterlund Nielsen -- ch. 20. House for all sinners and saints / Nadia Bolz-Weber -- ch. 21. L'autre rive (the other bank or shore ) / Eric Zander -- ch. 22. With : an experimental church / Eileen Suico -- ch. 23. The Jesus dojo / Mark Scandrette -- ch. 24. St. Tom's : from gathered to scattered / Bob Whitesel -- ch. 25. Urban abbey : the power of small, sustainable, nimble micro-communities of Jesus / Kelly Bean -- Part V. Traditions -- ch. 26. Indigenous and Anglican : a truly native church emerges in the Anglican Church of Canada / Mark MacDonald -- ch. 27. Turning the ocean liner : the fresh expressions initiative / Graham Cray -- ch. 28. On the move : toward fresh expression of church in Germany / Markus Weimer.
Summary:
"Emerging and missional church movements are an increasingly global phenomenon; they exist as holistic communities that defy dualistic Western forms of church. Until now, many of the voices from these movements have gone unheard. This volume assembles some of the most innovative church leaders from around the world to share candid insider stories about how God is transforming their communities in an entirely new era for the church. The Gospel after Christendom continues the themes that Ryan Bolger and Eddie Gibbs established formally in their critically acclaimed Emerging Churches and situates new church movements within this rubric. It explores what is happening today in innovative church movements in continental Europe, Asia, and Latin America and in African American hip-hop cultures. Featuring an international cast of contributors, the book explores the changes occurring both in emerging cultures and in emerging and missional churches across the globe. Professors and students in college and seminary courses covering church and mission, contemporary ecclesiology, congregational studies, emerging churches, and missional churches will value this work." -- Publisher description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.