The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor Book

Preface: "Emerging Churches"
The Postmodern World Acknowledgments and Abbreviations
1 Essentials: God's Vision for His Church A Learning Church A Caring Church A Worshiping Church An Evangelizing Church
2 Worship: Glorying in God's Holy Name Biblical Worship Congregational Worship Spiritual Worship Moral Worship
3 Evangelism: Mission Through the Local Church Forms of Evangelism The Church Must Understand Itself: Its Theology The Church Must Organize Itself: Its Structures The Church Must Express Itself: Its Message The Church Must Be Itself: Its Life
4 Ministry: The Twelve and the Seven An Every-Member Ministry The Pastoral Ministry The Example of the Apostle (The Shepherd)
The Invasion of False Teachers (The Wolves)
The Value of the People (The Sheep)
5 Fellowship: The Implications of Koinonia Our Common Inheritance Our Common Service Our Mutual Responsibility Some Practical Illustrations
6 Preaching: Five Paradoxes Biblical and Contemporary Authoritative and Tentative Prophetic and Pastoral Gifted and Studied Thoughtful and Passionate
7 Giving: Ten Principles Springing from the Trinity Creating Equality According to Our Means Careful Supervision and Friendly Rivalry A Harvest with Symbolic Significance The Result: Thanksgiving to God
8 Impact: Salt and Light The Truths of Salt and Light Weapons for Social Change Christian Distinctives Conclusion: Looking for Timothys in the Twenty-First Century A Threefold Appeal Where Are the Timothys?
Three Historical Appendixes Related in Different Ways to the Living Church Historical Appendix 1: Why I Am Still a Member of the Church of England Historical Appendix 2: I Have a Dream of a Living Church Historical Appendix 3: Reflections of an Octogenarian Notes Scripture Index