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Why church? : a basic introduction / Scott W. Sunquist.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sunquist, Scott W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church.
- Public worship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Is a church just something we create to serve our purposes or to maintain old traditions? Or is the church something more vital, more meaningful, and more powerful? In this introduction to the nature of the local church, historian and missionary Scott Sunquist brings us a portrait of the church in motion, clarifying the two primary purposes of the church: worship and witness"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Church: only two purposes
- How did we get here? from the Jesus movement, to Christendom, to post-Christendom
- Come
- Stand
- Kneel
- Sit
- Go
- Healthy body movement
- Epilogue: what we did not talk about.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780830872350
- 0830872353
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