Theological foundations for collaborative ministry / Stephen Pickard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickard, Stephen K.

Series:

Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology.

Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperative ministry.

Group ministry.

Church management.

Pastoral theology.

Christian leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the theological foundations of a collaborative approach to Christian ministry. The discovery that Christians are members 'one of another' creates energy and joy in ministry and empowers the Church in an age of mission. Outlining the present challenges for ministry, Stephen Pickard offers an historical perspective on ministry over the last century; develops a theory of collaborative ministry based on a dialogue between theology and science; and explores some implications of collaborative ministry for lay and ordained people of the Church. This book breaks new ground in its theory of collaborative ministry through a dialogue with the sciences of emergence. It also offers fresh insights on important texts in ministry; relationships between Christology, Pneumatology and ministry; a relational ontology of ministry; episcopacy, ecumenism, ordination vows; and wisdom for team ministry.

Contents:

part, PART I Ministry and the Ministries

chapter 1 Collaborative Ministry: An Introduction

chapter 2 Rediscovering the Ministries of the People of God: Mapping the Territory

chapter 3 On Knowing One’s Relations: Church, Ministry and Theology

part, PART II Theological Trends in Ministry: Historical Perspectives

chapter 4 The Question of Origins: The Legacy of R.C. Moberly’s Ministerial Priesthood

chapter 5 The Question of Purpose: Ministerial Order and Pioneer Ministry

chapter 6 The Question of Reach: Representative Priesthood and the Ministries of the laos

part, PART III Towards a Collaborative Theory of Ministry

chapter 7 Ministries in Relation: The Quest for Integration

chapter 8 Collaborative Ministry: A Dialogue between Theology and Science

chapter 9 One of Another: Dynamics of Collaborative Ministry

part, PART IV Reforming Orders

chapter 10 A Relational Ontology of Orders: Some Implications for Practice

chapter 11 Episcopacy, Management and the Problem of Ecclesiology

chapter 12 Episcopacy from Below: The Ecumenical Gift

part, PART V Recovering Orientations

chapter 13 ‘This Your Promise’: The Vows, Formation and Ministerial Existence

chapter 14 ‘I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning’: A Sermon on Team Ministry for Mission

chapter 15 Conclusion: The Collaborative World.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612344633

1-282-34463-3

0-7546-9728-2

OCLC:

498499703