TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lawson,David J.
TI  - Hungering for the future : whispers of hope for a church in mission
SN  - 0687015928
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Nashville (US)
PB  - Abingdon Press, 
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - CRISTIANDAD
KW  - IGLESIA METODISTA UNIDA
KW  - MISIONES METODISTAS DE LA
KW  - IGLESIA UNIDA
N1  - The way into our future, writes Bishop Lawson, is not clear. The congregation of the future will see itself as a missionary congregation in mission territory, wherever in the world it is located. Such a congregation must be solid in faith, open to innovation, and responsive to the changing needs of the world. Bishop Lawson calls for a church that "incarnates compassion, peacemaking, and healing, where that deep but vague hunger [for a church] wil find a banquet table"
N2  - Restless and hungry; Elusive tomorrow: a change completed; Hungering demands response: the forming of our spirit; Stark world: spiritual pollutants; Something seems to draw you: congregations electric with God`s spirit; Connections that help: hands and hearts in mutual support; Global church: compassion, peacemaking, and healing; Coming city of God`s shalom: whispers of hope
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