Churches and the Crisis of Decline: A Hopeful, Practical Ecclesiology for a Secular Age
- ISBN-10
- 1540965333
- ISBN-13
- 9781540965332
- Category
- Church
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022
- Author
- Andrew Root
Description
"Congregations often seek to combat decline by using innovation to produce new resources. Leading practical theologian Andrew Root shows that the church's crisis is not in the loss of resources but in the loss of life-and that life can only return when we remain open to God's encountering presence"--
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