Churches and the Crisis of Decline: A Hopeful, Practical Ecclesiology for a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age)

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ISBN-10:

1540964817

ISBN-13:

9781540964816

Author(s): Root
Released: Mar 01, 2022
Publisher: Baker Academic
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Related ISBN: 9781540965332

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Product Description
Congregations often seek to combat the crisis of decline by using innovation to produce new resources. But leading practical theologian Andrew Root shows that the church's crisis is not in the loss of resources; it's in the loss of life--and that life can only return when we remain open to God's encountering presence.\nThis new book, related to Root's critically acclaimed Ministry in a Secular Age project, addresses the practical form the church must take in a secular age. Root uses two stories to frame the book: one about a church whose building becomes a pub and the other about Karl Barth. Root argues that Barth should be understood as a pastor with a deep practical theology that can help church leaders today.\nThis book pushes the church to be a waiting community that recognizes that the only way for it to find life is to stop seeing the church as the star of its own story. Instead of resisting decline, congregations must remain open to divine action. Root offers a rich vision for the church's future that moves away from an obsession with relevance and resources and toward the living God.
From the Back Cover
"If you are worried about the fate of your church (and who isn't these days?), this is a book you must read."
Andrew Root shows that the church's crisis is not in the loss of resources but in the loss of life, which can return only when we remain open to God's encountering presence.\n"Perhaps you've met Barth the intimidating theologian, but have you met Barth the pastor to pastors? Root introduces today's church to the Karl Barth it never knew, artfully putting this theologian in conversation with a church that is fearful about the future. If you are worried about the fate of your church (and who isn't these days?), this is a book you must read."
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Will Willimon, Duke Divinity School; United Methodist bishop, retired; author of
Aging: Growing Old in Church\n"An engaging and creative work which draws us aside from the church's current crisis to plant us back in it with new vision and hope. I looked up from this book no longer feeling surprised by the crisis and my inability to solve it, no longer ashamed that I need the power of God to lead this church. Root dares us to live and to lead as if God is actually alive and still cares about the world and the church."
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Mandy Smith, pastor, St. Lucia Uniting Church, Brisbane, Australia; author of
The Vulnerable Pastor and
Unfettered\n"A marvelous achievement. Root draws on the work of Karl Barth (the pastor), Charles Taylor, and Hartmut Rosa to identify the current captivity of the church to secular metrics. He proposes a way forward that waits on the hope that comes from outside of us and among us as one of us in Jesus Christ. This is a must-read!"
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Richard R. Topping, Vancouver School of Theology\n"This is theology that we need most vitally at this time. It's beautiful, applied, inspiring, kind, practical, deep, stretching, and, if we would only put it into practice, transforming."
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Rev. Canon Chris Russell, Archbishop of Canterbury's Advisor for Evangelism and Witness
About the Author
Andrew Root (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books, including
Faith Formation in a Secular Age,
The Pastor in a Secular Age,
The Congregation in a Secular Age, and
The End of Youth Ministry? Root is also the coauthor (with Kenda Creasy Dean) of
The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry.

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