First Expressions
Author | : Steve Taylor |
Publisher | : SCM Press |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2019-12-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780334058472 |
ISBN-13 | : 0334058473 |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Download or read book First Expressions written by Steve Taylor and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking insight from the real-life development of the earliest expressions of emerging church from their birth, through times of adolescent angst and into the reality of adulthood, this book offers a unique insight into the long-term sustainability of fresh expressions. Presenting the lived practice of the church in mission through a longitudinal lens, and eschewing the rose-tinted approach, it considers the reality of emerging churches - their birth and death, their creativity and conflict, their dreams and despair. A picture of a church that is neither gathered and parish nor independent and networked emerges as the biographies of mission are brought into dialogue with a very ancient expression of mission, the birth of Philippians as a first expression of church in Europe..