ISBN: 9781570750694

What are the theological foundations of Christian ministry? What should a vital Christian ministry look like in the world today? Teacher and veteran of urban ministry Bryan Stone addresse… Plus…

What are the theological foundations of Christian ministry? What should a vital Christian ministry look like in the world today? Teacher and veteran of urban ministry Bryan Stone addresses these important questions in an engaging and challenging book. Compassionate Ministry explores systematically the relationship between Christian doctrines of God, church, and human existence, and the focus and meaning of ministry today. It offers a solid introduction to the theology of ministry through an approach rooted in the compassion of God, which Stone shows is evident throughout the scriptures and made real in the incarnation and ministry of Jesus. Compassionate Ministry locates a primary focus in the experience of suffering and poverty which marks daily life for the majority of people today. Stone builds continually on this insight, drawing out the dimensions of a humanizing ministry that participates in restoring the "image of God" in which all have been created: an image of freedom, humanity, community. Understanding God as all-compassionate, and Jesus as the Compassion of God, this book provides a model of a compassionate church as a "liberating community: " people who, knowing what they believe, work and worship together in the service of humanizing praxis in their own community, and in the world at large. Finally, this ministry call for "compassionate evangelism" which proceeds itself from the community, as a more holistic and historical approach than current consensus might suggest. Media > Book<

1996, ISBN: 9781570750694

Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Very Good+. 1996. Paperback. 1570750696; Trade Paperback. Binding and contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/4" Tall, xvi + 168pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is co… Plus…

Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Very Good+. 1996. Paperback. 1570750696; Trade Paperback. Binding and contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/4" Tall, xvi + 168pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. RELIGION. "Explores systematically the relationship between Christian doctrines of God, church, and human existence, and the focus and meaning of ministry today. Offers a solid introduction to the theology of ministry through an approach rooted in the compassion of God, which Stone shows is evident throughtout the scriptures and made real in the incarnation and ministry of Jesus. " Bibliography. Index. ., Orbis Books, 1996<

1996, ISBN: 9781570750694

Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Very Good+. c. 1996. Paperback. 1570750696 . Trade Paperback. Binding and contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/4" Tall, xvi + 168pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover i… Plus…

Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Very Good+. c. 1996. Paperback. 1570750696 . Trade Paperback. Binding and contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/4" Tall, xvi + 168pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. RELIGION. "Explores systematically the relationship between Christian doctrines of God, church, and human existence, and the focus and meaning of ministry today. Offers a solid introduction to the theology of ministry through an approach rooted in the compassion of God, which Stone shows is evident throughtout the scriptures and made real in the incarnation and ministry of Jesus. " Bibliography. Index. ., Orbis Books<

ISBN: 9781570750694

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1996, ISBN: 9781570750694

Orbis Books, 1996-05-13. Paperback. Very Good., Orbis Books, 1996-05-13