Theology, Ethics, and Church Growth
Church growth is one of the most important contemporary challenges of the 21st century. In order to know how we should address this issue, the author invites us to reflect, from an ethical and theological perspective, on the challenges we face and will face in some areas of the world where church growth is moderate…
Read MoreTOWARD A THEOLOGY OF ORDINATION
The task assigned to us was to prepare an introductory study on the topic of a theology of ordination that would be used by this Committee as a starting point for the discussion of the topic. The assignment also stated that we were to place the emphasis on the practice and significance of the laying…
Read MoreChristian Unity
Could you address the question of unity in the church? I am saddened by the many tensions I see in the church.
Read MoreGod’s Church in the End-Time
Our inquiry will concentrate on the question, Does the Bible speak of a "remnant" as the people of God in the end-time, and if so, how does it characterize and identify this remnant?
Read MorePilgrimage and the Church Today
Christian literature, whether devotional or scholarly, frequently makes reference to a pilgrimage motif. The idea of pilgrimage itself, however, is increasingly remote in western man's thought: The modem concept is a vague amalgam of Pilgrim Fathers, Canterbury Tales, and Pilgrims Progress. 1 Consequently, allusions to pilgrimage lack precision.
Read MoreLiberation Theologies and the Church
In recent times and in certain quarters theology has begun to strip itself of I much of its characteristic dogmatics. The typical characterization of religion as a private affair is being challenged by a stress on the public character of the Christian message.
Read MorePriesthood of Believers
In spite of its affinnation of the priesthood of all believers, there is perhaps no function which Protestantism has so much neglected. Not only have Protestant laymen not assumed the priestly role, but until recently even the clergy have shunned it.
Read MoreChurch Discipline
It is the task of the Christian church to investigate, proclaim and preserve the contents of its faith, and to keep its standard of conduct pure. This means discharging duty and upholding right at the same time, duty and right in defending/protecting the truth and in correcting error. Both are aspects of pastoral care. Therefore,…
Read MoreA Survey of Church History: Apostolic Fathers of Reformation
The study of ecclesiology has fascinated scholars throughout the centuries. Hundreds of volumes and articles have been written on the subject. We find whole volumes dedicated to just one of the great Christian authors of the past. It is, therefore, with humility that we attempt this summarization.
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