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Centered-Set Church - Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism (Paperback)
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Centered-Set Church - Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism (Paperback)
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Christians can be adept at drawing lines, determining what it means
to be "a good Christian" and judging those who stray out of bounds.
Other times they erase all the lines in favor of a vague and
inoffensive faith. Both impulses can come from positive intentions,
but either can lead to stunted spiritual life and harmful
relationships. Is there another option? The late missionary
anthropologist Paul Hiebert famously drew on mathematical theory to
deploy the concepts of "bounded," "fuzzy," and "centered" sets to
shed light on the nature of Christian community. Now, with
Centered-Set Church, Mark D. Baker provides a unique manual for
understanding and applying Hiebert's vision. Drawing on his
extensive experience in church, mission, parachurch, and higher
education settings, along with interviews and stories gleaned from
scores of firsthand interviews, Baker delivers practical guidance
for any group that seeks to be truly centered on Jesus. Baker shows
how Scripture presents an alternative to either obsessing over
boundaries or simply erasing them. Centered churches are able to
affirm their beliefs and live out their values without such bitter
fruit as gracelessness, shame, and self-righteousness on the one
hand, or aimless "whateverism" on the other. While addressing
possible concerns and barriers to the centered approach, Baker
invites leaders to imagine centered alternatives in such practical
areas of ministry as discipleship, church membership, leadership
requirements, and evangelism. Centered-Set Church charts new paths
to grow in authentic freedom and dynamic movement toward the true
center: Jesus himself.
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