A Pauline Theology of Church Leadership - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Pauline Theology of Church Leadership write by Andrew D. Clarke. This book was released on 2008-01-29. A Pauline Theology of Church Leadership available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scholarly studies consider Paul's views on leadership tend to fall into one of three camps: 1) the historical development view, which in large measure identifies developments in church practice with developments in Pauline and deutero-Pauline ecclesiology; 2) the synchronic, historical reconstruction, typically making use of Graeco-Roman, social context sources, or social-scientific modelling, focusing on a single congregation, and sometimes distinguishing between the situation to which Paul was responding and the pattern he sought to impose; and 3) the theological/hermeneutical analysis, identifying Paul's particular approach to power and authority, often independently of any detailed reconstruction of the situations to which Paul was responding. Andrew Clarke has explored in an earlier work, Serve the Community of the Church (Eerdmans, 2000), the distinctive, local and historical situations in the various Pauline communities and concluded that there is no evidence that they organised themselves according to a common set of governmental structures which clearly developed with the passage of time. Rather each community was influenced by its own localized, social and cultural context. The present project builds on this, and necessarily focuses on leadership style rather than church order. It seeks to recover from Paul's critical responses, his generic ethos of church leadership, including the ideal qualities, characteristics and task of leaders and the nature of appropriate interaction and engagement with church members. In the light of current, theoretical discussions about power and gender, the study focuses particularly on Paul's attitude towards hierarchy, egalitarianism, authority, responsibility and privilege.
Pauline Theology
Pauline Theology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pauline Theology write by E. Earle Ellis. This book was released on 2005-02-08. Pauline Theology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book should provide a lively counterpoint to both the standard liberal and conservative treatments in courses on Paul's view of ministry. - Theology Today Ellis' judicious treatment and penetrating analysis of the relevant biblical material will force many of us...to think more precisely about the concept of ministry in Paul's writings, how ministry manifested itself in the churches of his day, and what are its implications for us today. - Westminster Theological Journal Ellis gives a sound critique of liberation theology and sociopolitical action as ministry. He gives a balanced view of the gifts and the fruit of the Spirit and, on biblical grounds, he defends the ordination of single and, with qualifications, married women. Challenging, but meant for the intelligent church member. -Librarian's World It's a gem. It is a delightful summary in popular form of themes that Ellis has been at work on throughout his years of productive scholarship. It is 'copiously footnoted...with concise bibliographies on the points at hand...Hence, this short book becomes encyclopedic. - Calvin Theological Journal A splendid tour de force in the best sense. - James G. D. Dunn These essays...represent in many respects a valuable corrective to much of what passes for biblical theology in our times. - Paul J. Achtemeier
Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission
Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission write by Jack Barentsen. This book was released on 2011-08-04. Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Where did Paul find leaders for his new churches? How did he instruct and develop them? What processes took place to stabilize the churches and institute their new leadership? This book carves a fresh trail in leadership studies by looking at leadership development from a group-dynamic, social identity perspective. Paul engages the cultural leadership patterns of his key local leaders, publicly affirming, correcting, and improving those patterns to conform to a Christlike pattern of sacrificial service. Paul's own life and ministry offer a motivational and authoritative model for his followers, because he embodies the leadership style he teaches. As a practical theologian avant la lettre, Paul contextualizes key theological themes to strengthen community and leadership formation, and equips his church leaders as entrepreneurs of Christian identity. A careful comparison of the Corinthian and Ephesian churches demonstrates a similar overall pattern of development. This study engages Pauline scholarship on church office in depth and offers alternative readings of five Pauline epistles, generating new insights to enrich dogmatic and practical theological reflection. In a society where many churches reflect on their missional calling, such input from the NT for contemporary Christian leadership formation is direly needed.
One New Man
One New Man - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook One New Man write by Jarvis Williams. This book was released on 2010. One New Man available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Author Jarvis Williams provides Christians with a biblical worldview of race and race relations by focusing on the biblical writings of Paul.
Who Rules the Church?
Who Rules the Church? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Who Rules the Church? write by Gerald Cowen. This book was released on 2003. Who Rules the Church? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offers critical definitions about the work of a pastor or elder -- what his job description is and what the limits of his authority are in the context of church government.
