What's the Matter with the Church?: A Call to RenewalThis is a call to church renewal by a retired United Methodist minister with a Ph.D. in pastoral counseling. He looks at the matter--the heart--of the church and challenges those who care about the church to take the demands of their faith seriously as they work out what God wants from the faith community as it worships together, serves together and becomes knit into the Body of Christ here on earth. |
Contents
Seven Last Words | 6 |
Positively Wrong | 19 |
Leaving out the Salt | 40 |
Shepherds or Hired Hands? | 58 |
Not like Us | 71 |
Common terms and phrases
apostasy asked attitudes baptism baptism of Jesus baptized basic become behavior believe Bill Willis Body of Christ C.S. Lewis Call to Renewal called Christian church Christian faith church folk church leaders church members church's ministry civil religion clergy commitment conflict congregations countless critical deal denominational churches denominational staff disciples doctrinal ecumenical educational programs efforts episcopal polity evangelism expression feel fellowship genuine gifts give God's Gospel hear hired hand Holy Spirit human interest involved Jesus Christ kind kingdom lack little foxes lives Lord mainline churches mainline denominational matters mission moral movement never obviously organization pastors Paul Pentecostal personal relationship poor positive thinking preaching priorities problems prophetic realize reject renewal responsibilities Scriptures seek serious serve share social concerns suffering sure task theological things tional tions tive tradition trust truth unchurched unity witness word worship services wrong