The Once and Future Church Collection

Loren B. Mead

doi:10.5771/9781566996631

Summary

In 1991 The Once and Future Church by Alban Institute founder and former director Loren B. Mead created an instant sensation in congregational circles with its prophetic insights into the life of the church in a post-Christendom era. Still often-quoted and in demand, the book stands as Alban's all-time best seller. Two subsequent titles, Transforming Congregations for the Future and Five Challenges for the Once and Future Church, extended Mead's original vision with similar success. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the publication of The Once and Future Church, Alban released all three of these books as a single, special edition hardcover. In addition to these classic texts in beautiful, newly designed formats, this collection features an interview with Loren Mead discussing how his views have changed since the books' first publications and his current thoughts on directions for the church in the twenty-first century. This hardcover volume is the perfect gift for graduating seminary students, new congregational leaders, or for pastors whose original editions of these three books may be dog-eared or missing--and a wonderful addition to every church library. All who love the church and pray for the future of our congregations will value this opportunity to have Loren Mead's seminal works in a single, long-lived edition.

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Copyright year: 2001
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56699-248-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-56699-663-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 370
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
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2. Introduction No access
3. Chapter 1. The Challenge of the Congregation No access
4. 1. The Apostolic Paradigm No access
  2. The Christendom Paradigm No access
  3. The Time between Paradigms No access
  4. Summary No access
5. 1. The Role of the Clergy No access
  2. The Role of the Laity No access
  3. The Role of Bishop or Church Executive No access
  4. The Role and Work of the Congregation No access
6. 1. Three Polarities No access
  2. Four Pressing Issues No access
  3. The Church Upside Down No access
  4. Impediments to Change No access
  5. Resources for Change No access
  6. Summary No access
7. 1. Principles and Strategies No access
  2. Signs of the Future Church No access
8. Chapter 6. Where in the World Is the Church Going? No access
9. Appendix: The Free Church Variation on Christendom No access
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2. Introduction No access
3. Chapter 1. The Storm We are In: It's Worse Than We Thought No access
4. Chapter 2. The Heart of the Matter: The Apostolic Task of the Church No access
5. Chapter 3. The Task of the Congregation: Transformation–Preparing Disciples and Apostles No access
6. Chapter 4. The Role of the Judicatory No access
7. Chapter 5. Roadblocks and Directions for the Journey No access
8. Chapter 6. Transformation and Congregations No access
9. Appendix A: The Good-News/Bad-News Quadrilateral: A Design No access
10. Appendix B: The Statistics Behind the Graphs No access
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2. Introduction No access
3. Chapter 1. Challenge 1 To Transfer the Ownership of the Church No access
4. Chapter 2. Challenge 2 To Find New Structures to Carry Our Faith No access
5. Chapter 3. Challenge 3 To Discover a Passionate Spirituality No access
6. Chapter 4. Challenge 4 To Feed the World's Need for Community No access
7. Chapter 5. Challenge 5 To Become an Apostolic People No access
8. Chapter 6. Can These Bones Live? No access
9. Postlude No access