Methodism in Recovery Renewing Mission, Reclaiming History, Restoring Health

Name: Methodism in Recovery Renewing Mission, Reclaiming History, Restoring Health
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ISBN: 9780687491889

ISBN-10: 0687491886

ISBN-13: 9780687491889

Edition: 2008

Authors: William B. Lawrence

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As The United Methodist Church passes away, is anyone grieving that it is dying too soon? Broken bodies mend. Depressed minds heal. Storm-tossed cities rebuild. Troubled institutions recover. Churches experience renewal. So why not The United Methodist Church? This book confronts the facts and invokes the Spirit. It will explore the multiple meaning of recovery and the denomination's prospect for recovering. It will take seriously the possibility that recovery of Methodism may not require--or include--the survival of The United Methodist Church as a denomination. That is part of the mystery of recovery. By confronting provocative questions relating to funding missions, declining membership,…

Book details

List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 137
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 4.37" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Checking the Vital Signs



When the Positive Is Negative and the Negative Is Positive



Methodism Under a Microscope



A Fear of Fractures



Finding a Mission



American Methodism and Methodism of Americans



Oversight and Accountability



Forms of Recovery


Notes