Academic : Divinity and Practical Theology : Worship Public and private : Worship; History; Early church, ca. 30-600

Churches have tried all kinds of ways to attract new and younger members - revised vision statements, hipper worship, contemporary music, livelier sermons, bigger and better auditoriums. But there are still so many people who aren't being reached, who don't want to come to church. more...

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A refutation of the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Roman empire the local community lost its voice in the appointment of bishops. Peter Norton argues that this right remained for longer than is normally assumed, with important consequences for our understanding of the administration of the later empire. - ;Peter Norton covers a topic of great relevance to students of early Church history and late antiquity alike. He challenges the conventional view that after the adoption of Christianity by the Roman empire the local community lost its voice in the appointment of bishops, and argues that this right remained in theory and practice for longer than is normally assumed. Given that bishops became important to the running of the empire at the local level, a proper understanding of how they. came into office is essential for our understanding of the later empire. - ;[an] important volume...Norton's fine study provides a welcome addition to scholarship while also pointing toward further fruitful avenues of investigation...Norton has provided the best overview of the topic available, and his book will serve as a point reference for all subsequent investigations of episcopal elections in late antiquity. - S.W.J Keough Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses;lucidly written and cogently argued - Adam A.J. DeVille Logos: A Journal of Early Christian Studies more...

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Five different strategies for increasing the size of the congregation are developed by Lyle E. Schaller - with applications to small, middle-sized, and larger churches. more...

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This book probes twenty dominant trends-social, economic, political, and institutional-that will shape the world and the church of tomorrow in each chapter. Mr. Schaller sketches the salient facts and then lists particular implications for the church. more...

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Provides a conceptual framework for asking questions about congregations, and classifies syndromes that prevent a church from making the changes that are needed for new life. more...

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