The Mission of the Church <subTitle>Five Views in Conversation</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Bevans, Stephen B.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1944-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:0</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baker Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2016</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>181tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>What is the mission of the church? Every seminarian and church leader must wrestle with that question. No matter what designation a church uses to describe itself, it must also think critically about why it exists and what it should be doing. In this book, five leading voices representing a range of Christian traditions engage in an enlightening conversation as they present and compare their perspectives on the mission of the church. Each contributor offers his or her view and responds to the other four views.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Stephen B. Bevans, Darrell L. Guder, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Edward Rommen, Ed Stetzer, Craig Ott</note> <subject> <topic>Mission of the church</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Theology -- Doctrinal</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">266.001</classification> <classification authority="ddc">S828-B57</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780801097409</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13456/m.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13456/m.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071243.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>