Missionary Congregation, Leadership, & Liminality Book

	Preface to the Series
	Introduction	1
1	Marginalization, Modernity, and Loss of Center	5
	The Christendom Argument and the Experience of Marginality	6
	Modernity, Loss of Center, and the Experience of Marginality	10
	A Decentered Context for North American Churches	12
	Aspects of a Marginal Consciousness in Current Pastoral Roles	15
2	Liminality: A Model for Engagement	23
	The Meaning of Liminality	23
	The Stages of Liminal Transition	27
	The Liminal and Religious Experience	31
	The Potential for the New in the Liminal Experience	32
	Two Types of Liminality in Modern Societies	33
	Pastoral Identity and Liminality	43
	The Liminal and the Liminoid	47
	Communitas	49
3	Toward a Missionary Ecclesiology	57
	Pastor/Poet	58
	Pastor/Prophet	60
	Pastor/Apostle	61
	Conclusion	67
	Notes	68
	References Cited	70