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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 262.0017 EAN: 9781433502088 ISBN: 1433502089 Label: Crossway Books Manufacturer: Crossway Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: September 30, 2008 Publisher: Crossway Books Studio: Crossway Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Two pastors outline and apply a pair of overarching biblical principles that call the current body of Christ to a deep restructuring of its life and mission. “Church is not a meeting you attend or a place you enter,” write pastors Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. “It’s an identity that is ours in Christ. An identity that shapes the whole of life so that life and mission become ‘total church.’” With that as their premise, they emphasize two overarching principles to govern the practice of church and mission: being gospel-centered and being community-centered. When these principles take precedence, say the authors, the truth of the Word is upheld, the mission of the gospel is carried out, and the priority of relationships is practiced in radical ways. The church becomes not just another commitment to juggle but a 24/7 lifestyle where programs, big events, and teaching from one person take a backseat to sharing lives, reaching out, and learning about God together. In Total Church, Chester and Timmis first outline the biblical case for making gospel and community central and then apply this dual focus to evangelism, social involvement, church planting, world missions, discipleship, pastoral care, spirituality, theology, apologetics, youth and children’s work. As this insightful book calls the body of Christ to rethink its perspective and practice of church, it charts a middle path between the emerging church movement and conservative evangelicalism that all believers will find helpful. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - If Only There Were a Different Way of Doing Church...Total Church is a book born out of longing: If only there were a different way of doing church! Authors Tim Chester and Steve Timmis seek to orient the Church around two main principles: gospel and community. The content of our message is the gospel. The context of our message is the Christian community. Being gospel-centered means we will be word-centered and mission-centered. This book directly challenges the voices of some in the Emerging Church who downplay the Word ... Read More Rating: - Thank you!This is exactly what I and others in our body have been saying for the past few months to a year. It is so nice to have it wrapped up in a book so that we can give it to others. God is a missionary God and the heartbeat of His church is His mission. Thank you! -CL Rating: - Totally greatThis was a wonderful read from beginning to end. It is a sound theological book and a very practical one. I believe it ought to be read by every pastor and church member alike. It pictures what the church ought to be not only in this generation but in all generations. Rating: - One of the best books I've read in a long time Total Church is one of the best books I've read in a long time and may be THE best books I've read on church. As the subtitle suggests, the authors argue that church is to be radically reshaped around gospel and community. They argue for three things: "Christian practice must be (1) gospel-centered in the sense of being word-centered, (2) gospel-centered in the sense of being mission-centered, and (3) community-centered." (p. 16) The authors immediately nail their colors ... Read More Rating: - Read this bookThere are many people today who are talking about the major shifts that are occurring in culture and in the church in the West. Many are speaking of the return to a mission-centered approach to the Christian life. The problem is that many (myself included) tend to get bogged down in the talking and thinking phase. Tim Chester and Steve Timmis live in the UK, which, culturally speaking, is further down the road of secularization than we are in America, but not by much. It's therefore ... Read More 
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