Left behind in a megachurch world : how God works through ordinary churches / Ruth A. Tucker.
Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2006.Description: 221 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0801012694 (cloth)
- 250.973 22
- BV637.8 .T83 2006
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Book | Reformational Study Centre General library | 250.973 TUCK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | RSC009948 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-217) and index.
Introduction: Left behind with purpose -- Personal reflections on left-behind churches -- The Wal-Mart gospel blues -- The precipice-driven pastor -- A left-behind theology -- Burnout in the parsonage and parish -- Megachurch mania -- Literature, seminars, and theory of church growth -- Left behind with a woman's touch -- Left behind in community -- Left behind with a sense of humor -- The messiness of the left-behind church -- Spiritual memories of the church in the valley -- The church in the valley of the shadow of death -- New life for the left-behind church.