The Seldom Acknowledged Difficulties of Leading Missional Churches: Challenges Faced by Those Who Seek to Explore Different Forms of Being and Doing Church
The Church in Australia finds itself pushed to the margins of society and lacking the status it once enjoyed in previous generations. The importance and role of the church in society's life is now questioned and it would seem that the church's long term survival is being challenged. How sh...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Ecclesial practices
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-181 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KBS Australia; Oceania RB Church office; congregation RJ Mission; missiology |
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Leadership
B Missional B Practical Theology B Church B Change B Australia B Culture B Challenge |
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| Summary: | The Church in Australia finds itself pushed to the margins of society and lacking the status it once enjoyed in previous generations. The importance and role of the church in society's life is now questioned and it would seem that the church's long term survival is being challenged. How should the church respond? One response is found in the exploration of new forms of church birthed out of missional theology - a theology that sees the church partnering with the God who is actively on mission in his world. This response however, does not come without its own inherent challenges. Leaders of missional communities within the Australian context were interviewed in an attempt to decipher what those challenges might be. The results can largely be covered under the rubrics of: Ambiguity, Anxiety, Audience and Abandonment. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-4471 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ecclesial practices
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00601006 |