The Laity in Ministry: The Whole People of God for the Whole World - Softcover

Peck, George; Hoffman, John S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817010416 ISBN 13: 9780817010416

Publisher: Judson Pr, 1984

Synopsis

Explores the potential for witness when all of God's people actively minister in their workplaces. Prepared in connection with the Faculty/Laity Writing Project, part of the Andover Newton Laity Project.

Contents:

Establishing the concept : bringing the ministry of the laity into focus --
Reconceiving the ministry of the laity : a personal testimony / George Peck --
How can you believe you're a minister when the church keeps telling you you're not? / Richard R. Broholm --
Questioning lay ministry / Maria Harris --
Ministry of the laity in action : cases that support the concept --
Ministry in the work setting : a personal study / Carolyn MacDougall --
Discovering a ministry where one ought not to exist / Alan Holliday --
Commissioning the ministries of the laity : how it works and why it isn't being done / Jim Stockard --
Grappling with the theological issues --
The call to ministry : its meaning and scope / George Peck --
A holy priesthood / M.B. Handspicker --
Christ's ministry and ours / Gabriel Fackre --
Steps toward the future : putting the concept to work --
Envisioning and equipping the saints for change / Richard R. Broholm --
Toward claiming and identifying our ministry in the work place / Richard R. Broholm --
Making a start : strategies for change in the local congregation / John S. Hoffman.

Edition details

• Publisher: Judson Pr
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817010416
• ISBN 13: 9780817010416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176