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- catalog abstract ""The purpose of the church, says Carlyle Fielding Stewart III, is simple: the church exists to bring people to salvation in Christ, and to positively and permanently change lives for the good of the community. The way the church fulfills this basic calling is through empowerment; endowing people with the capacity to be recipients and catalysts of positive social and personal change." "Too many churches in North America have neglected this basic calling, argues Stewart in The Empowerment Church. It they are to become thriving centers of personal and social transformation, then they must move beyond the dichotomy of ministry of either saving souls or transforming society. Rather, they must work to empower the whole person through ministries that work at the same time for spiritual, relational, and communal transformation. Only when they thus empower individuals to be disciples of Jesus Christ in ways that then transform those individuals' personal relations and the communities in which they live, will the church fulfill its basic calling."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12398454.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The purpose of the church, says Carlyle Fielding Stewart III, is simple: the church exists to bring people to salvation in Christ, and to positively and permanently change lives for the good of the community. The way the church fulfills this basic calling is through empowerment; endowing people with the capacity to be recipients and catalysts of positive social and personal change." "Too many churches in North America have neglected this basic calling, argues Stewart in The Empowerment Church. It they are to become thriving centers of personal and social transformation, then they must move beyond the dichotomy of ministry of either saving souls or transforming society. Rather, they must work to empower the whole person through ministries that work at the same time for spiritual, relational, and communal transformation. Only when they thus empower individuals to be disciples of Jesus Christ in ways that then transform those individuals' personal relations and the communities in which they live, will the church fulfill its basic calling."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-136).".
- catalog extent "136 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0687068509 (pbk. : recycled, acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Nashville : Abingdon Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "253 21".
- catalog subject "African American churches.".
- catalog subject "BR526 .S84 2001".
- catalog subject "Church growth United States.".
- catalog subject "Protestant churches United States.".
- catalog title "The empowerment church : speaking a new language for church growth / Carlyle Fielding Stewart III.".
- catalog type "text".