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Ecclesiology & the Church

We need to apply theology to our work in ministry if we want to see our local congregations (and the larger institution of the Christian church) flourish. These ecclesiology resources equip church leaders and pastors with the wisdom to build Kingdom-centered congregations guided by biblical structures and leadership teams.

T. F. Torrance as Missional Theologian: The Ascended Christ and the Ministry of the Church, By Joseph H. Sherrard
T. F. Torrance as Missional Theologian
Joseph H. Sherrard
An Introduction to Ecclesiology: Historical, Global, and Interreligious Perspectives, By Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
An Introduction to Ecclesiology
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Worshiping with the Reformers, By Karin Maag
Worshiping with the Reformers
Karin Maag
Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church, By Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer
Winsome Conviction
Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer
Reading Scripture as the Church: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Hermeneutic of Discipleship, By Derek W. Taylor
Reading Scripture as the Church
Derek W. Taylor
Enhancing Christian Life: How Extended Cognition Augments Religious Community, By Brad D. Strawn and Warren S. Brown
Enhancing Christian Life
Brad D. Strawn and Warren S. Brown
The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best, By Irwyn L. Ince Jr.
The Beautiful Community
Irwyn Ince
Worship and the World to Come: Exploring Christian Hope in Contemporary Worship, By Glenn Packiam
Worship and the World to Come
Glenn Packiam
Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age, By Jay Y. Kim
Analog Church
Jay Y. Kim
Recapturing an Enchanted World: Ritual and Sacrament in the Free Church Tradition, By John D. Rempel
Recapturing an Enchanted World
John D. Rempel
What Is Jesus Doing?: God's Activity in the Life and Work of the Church, Edited by Edwin Chr. van Driel
What Is Jesus Doing?
Edited by Edwin Chr. van Driel
A Big Gospel in Small Places: Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters, By Stephen Witmer
A Big Gospel in Small Places
Stephen Witmer
Choosing Community: Action, Faith, and Joy in the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers, By Christine A. Colón
Choosing Community
Christine A Colón
Seeking Church: Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom, By Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness
Seeking Church
Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness
The Church, By John Stott
The Church
John Stott
Why Church?: A Basic Introduction, By Scott W. Sunquist
Why Church?
Scott W. Sunquist
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Can "White" People Be Saved?
Edited by Love L. Sechrest and Johnny Ramírez-Johnson and Amos Yong
The Path of Christianity: The First Thousand Years, By John Anthony McGuckin
The Path of Christianity
John Anthony McGuckin
Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal: Why the Church Should Be All Three, By Gordon T. Smith
Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal
Gordon T. Smith
Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership, Edited by Todd Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand
Becoming a Pastor Theologian
Edited by Todd A Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand
A Shared Mercy: Karl Barth on Forgiveness and the Church, By Jon Coutts
A Shared Mercy
Jon Coutts
Representing Christ: A Vision for the Priesthood of All Believers, By Uche Anizor and Hank Voss
Representing Christ
Uche Anizor and Hank Voss
Political Church: The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's Rule, By Jonathan Leeman
Political Church
Jonathan Leeman
Pictures at a Theological Exhibition: Scenes of the Church's Worship, Witness and Wisdom, By Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Pictures at a Theological Exhibition
Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus, By C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison
Slow Church
C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison