Transforming Conversion <subTitle>Rethinking the Language and Contours of Christian Initiation</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Smith, Gordon T.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1953-</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">6:0</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baker Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2010</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>208tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Gordon Smith contends that both in the church and in discussions about contemporary mission, the language of conversion inherited from revivalism is inadequate in helping to navigate the questions that shape how we do church, how we approach faith formation, how evangelism is integrated into congregational life, and how we witness to the faith in non-Christian environments. We must rethink the nature of the church in light of how people actually come to faith in Christ.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Gordon T. Smith</note> <subject> <topic>Conversion -- Christianity</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Transformation</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">248.24</classification> <classification authority="ddc">S642-G66</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780801032479</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16611/4.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16611/4.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2025-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071622.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>