A new church and a new seminary : theological education is the solution / David McAllister-Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAllister-Wilson, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Education.

United Methodist Church (U.S.).

Methodist theological seminaries.

Theology--Study and teaching--United Methodist Church (U.S.).

Theology.

Theological seminaries.

Theology--Study and teaching.

Education.

Physical Description:

xv, 140 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Abingdon Press, [2018]

Summary:

A new kind of Methodist progressive evangelicalism is developing, one that lives the great commandment (love) and the great commission (produce disciples) on a global scale. Before, seminaries prepared pastors to maintain healthy churches in stable neighborhoods. Now, every neighborhood is changing, and many churches are losing their members and their confidence. They long for a recovery of their sense of mission and a new kind of leadership. A new kind of seminary is generating to foster hope, wisdom, creativity, and engagement with the great issues of our day. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: To fix my church

It's just not working anymore

Why it matters: Methodism as an experiment in grace

Call the question

Disruptive innovation: millennials, message, and missional churches

Seminaries are the solution, part 1: a community of wisdom and courage

Seminaries are the solution, part 2: a new seminary for the twenty-first century

Assurance

Appendix A: Wesley Theological Seminary: the new church and the new seminary

Appendix B: The value of scholarship for theological education: a statement from AUMTS for the Council of Bishops.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: McAllister-Wilson, David. New church and a new seminary.

ISBN:

9781501858895

1501858890

OCLC:

1000580980