Turning around the mainline :
Oden, Thomas C.
Turning around the mainline : how renewal movements are changing the church / Thomas C. Oden. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2006. - 270 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270).
Emergence of confessing Christians in the mainline -- Discipline, not separation -- Internal collapse -- How confessing Christians are changing their Churches -- Be steadfast -- Redefining ecumenism -- Deepening tide of confession -- Core movements of confessing Christianity -- Truth-driven unity -- On the crisis of integrity -- On God the Father and God the Son -- On the Holy Spirit and the Church -- On a life honoring God -- Biblical teaching of confession -- Confessing movement -- How the United Church of Canada losts its confessional identity -- Property deeds and established doctrines -- Constitutional restrictions -- Pending issues. Part 1. Spine -- Part 2. The Mainline Implosion -- Part 3. The Other Side of the Mainstream -- Part 4. Core Teachings of Confessing Christians -- Part 5. A Primer on Confession -- Part 6. Who Owns Local Church Property? A Case Study --
0801065763
2005028265
Evangelicalism--United States.
Protestant churches--Doctrines.--United States
Church controversies--United States.
Church property--United States.
Evangelicalism--Canada.
Protestant churches--Doctrines.--Canada
Church controversies--Canada.
Church property--Canada.
BR1642.U5 / O34 2006
280.40973
Turning around the mainline : how renewal movements are changing the church / Thomas C. Oden. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2006. - 270 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270).
Emergence of confessing Christians in the mainline -- Discipline, not separation -- Internal collapse -- How confessing Christians are changing their Churches -- Be steadfast -- Redefining ecumenism -- Deepening tide of confession -- Core movements of confessing Christianity -- Truth-driven unity -- On the crisis of integrity -- On God the Father and God the Son -- On the Holy Spirit and the Church -- On a life honoring God -- Biblical teaching of confession -- Confessing movement -- How the United Church of Canada losts its confessional identity -- Property deeds and established doctrines -- Constitutional restrictions -- Pending issues. Part 1. Spine -- Part 2. The Mainline Implosion -- Part 3. The Other Side of the Mainstream -- Part 4. Core Teachings of Confessing Christians -- Part 5. A Primer on Confession -- Part 6. Who Owns Local Church Property? A Case Study --
0801065763
2005028265
Evangelicalism--United States.
Protestant churches--Doctrines.--United States
Church controversies--United States.
Church property--United States.
Evangelicalism--Canada.
Protestant churches--Doctrines.--Canada
Church controversies--Canada.
Church property--Canada.
BR1642.U5 / O34 2006
280.40973