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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General
This book provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the
challenges faced by pastoral ministry in South African
Pentecostalism as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as
some interventions being made to manage these challenges.
Contributors present descriptive approaches to churches' reactions
to lockdown measures, and especially the adaptations generated
within Pentecostalism in South Africa. Through a variety of
approaches-including pastoral care, virtual ecclesiology, social
media, and missiology-contributors offer intervention techniques
which can help readers to understand the unique role of Christian
ministry during the pandemic, in South Africa and beyond.
This book relates the unique experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) people in Australian
Pentecostal-Charismatic Christian churches. Grounded in the
theoretical contributions of Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Lewis
Coser, and others, the book exposes the discursive 'battleground'
over the 'truth' of sex which underlies the participants' stories.
These rich and complex narratives reveal the stakes of this
conflict, manifested in 'the line' - a barrier restricting out
LGBTQ+ people from full participation in ministry and service.
Although some participants related stories of supportive-if
typically conservative-congregations where they felt able to live
out an authentic, integrated faith, others found they could only
leave their formerly close and supportive communities behind,
'counter-rejecting' the churches and often the faith that they felt
had rejected them.
Few who heard Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones preach will ever forget the
experience, not because of his presence as a minister, but on
account of the sense of wonder at the gospel that he conveyed.
Those, like the author, who had the privilege of knowing him up
close, are uniquely placed to comment on his life and passion.
Christopher Catherwood examines the remarkable legacy of his Welsh
grandfather, tracing his relevance to the twenty-first century. Dr
Martyn Lloyd-Jones was adamant that all doctrine and practice
should originate in Scripture. This volume focuses on key
principles, showing how these were arrived at using a biblical
framework. The author looks at the controversies, but sets them in
context. This is not a conventional biography, but one that sheds
light on a hugely interesting era of UK evangelicalism, which we do
well to remember.
More than at any time in the past, Roman Catholics &
evangelicals are working together.They are standing shoulder to
shoulder against social evils. They are joining across
denominational boundaries in renewal movements. And many
evangelicals are finding the history, tradition, and grandeur of
the Roman Catholic Church appealing. This newfound rapport has
caused many evangelical leaders and laypeople to question the
age-old disagreements that have divided Protestants and Catholics:
Aren't we all saying the same thing in different language?The Roman
Catholic Controversy is an absorbing look at current views of
tradition and Scripture, the Papacy, the Mass, Purgatory,
indulgences, and Marian doctrine. James White affirms that
evangelicals and Catholics share common ground on some points. Yet
there are crucial differences that remain regarding the Christian
life--and the heart of the Gospel itself--that cannot be ignored.
We are the people is a popular Loyalist slogan in Northern Ireland
- a statement of loyalty, identity and devotion to and from
Ireland's Protestants. This collection examines the meaning behind
this legend, providing a critique of the issues which affect this
heterogeneous community.
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