Exploring Ecclesiology
**Rowland Croucher**
'Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical
Introduction' (Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger, 2009)
I wrote 'Yes!' to these statements:
* [Modern] Churches [mostly] focus on being vendors of religious goods
and service providers to expectant consumers... doing what it takes to
make sure their fellowships survive in the religious free market, where
only the fittest survive (p. 43)
* It is typical among Evangelicals... for worship... to be a 'warm-up'
for the main event, which is the preaching of the scriptures (p.106)
[which, I noted, is a very limited understanding of the concept of
'worship']
* The one category of prayer that has not been as widely retained,
especially among American evangelical churches, is that of confession
(p. 109)
More... http://victoriaconcordiacrescit.blogspot.com/
Shalom/Salaam/Pax! Rowland Croucher
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