Embracing the Mixed Ecology
Inherited and New Forms of Christian Community Flourishing Together

By (author) Dwight J. Zscheile,Blair A Pogue

ISBN13: 9781640657717

Imprint: Church Publishing Inc

Publisher: Church Publishing Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 19/06/2025

Availability: Available

Description
A guide to the diverse forms of Christian community that are needed today. Throughout its history, the church thrived when it embraced diverse organizational and cultural forms. In this volume, Dwight Zscheile and Blair Pogue argue that as American culture shifts away from voluntary association and toward individual self-expression, most existing congregations are bound to inherited forms of church that are not designed to connect with neighbors or form disciples. Taking the Church of England’s efforts over two decades to engage its deeply changed missionary context as an example, the authors build on historical and contemporary precedent to argue that the renewal of the church requires a new paradigm where inherited and innovative forms of church coexist and thrive together. Examining numerous innovations—including fresh expressions of church, megachurches, microchurches, church plants, digital churches, and more—the authors show how a mixed ecology is central to church renewal.
  • Christian leaders & leadership
  • Christian ministry & pastoral activity
  • Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England
  • Professional & Vocational
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