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Preface: "Emerging Churches" . ........... . . 11 The Postmodern World ................. 12 Acknowledgments and Abbreviations. . ........ . . 17 1 ESSENTIALS: God's Vision for His Church ...... . 19 A Learning Church ................... . 22 A Caring Church .... ................. 25 A Worshiping Church ............... ... . . 28 An Evangelizing Church . ................ 31 2 WORSHIP: Glorying in God's Holy Name ....... . 34 Biblical Worship ................... .. . 35 Congregational Worship . ................ 37 Spiritual Worship. .................... . . . 41 Moral Worship . ....... ........ ... . 45 3 EVANGELISM: Mission Through the Local Church . . . 47 Forms of Evangelism ......... ........ . . 48 The Church Must Understand Itself: Its Theology .... 50 The Church Must Organize Itself: Its Structures ..... 55 The Church Must Express Itself: Its Message. ....... 62 The Church Must Be Itself: Its Life . ........... 66 4 MINISTRY: The Twelve and the Seven . ......... 70 An Every-Member Ministry. . .............. . 71 The Pastoral Ministry. . ................. 76 The Example of the Apostle (The Shepherd) ...... 79 The Invasion of False Teachers (The Wolves) ...... 80 The Value of the People (The Sheep). . ........ . 82 5 FELLOWSHIP: The Implications of Koinonia. ....... 86 Our Common Inheritance . ............... 91 Our Common Service. . ................. 92 Our Mutual Responsibility .. .............. 93 Some Practical Illustrations. . ............... 94 6 PREACHING: Five Paradoxes. . .............. 97 Biblical and Contemporary . ............... 98 Authoritative and Tentative. . ............. . 100 Prophetic and Pastoral .................. 103 Gifted and Studied . ................... 105 Thoughtful and Passionate ........... ... . 107 7 GIVING: Ten Principles. . ................ ...111 Springing from the Trinity . ............... 112 Creating Equality According to Our Means ....... 115 Careful Supervision and Friendly Rivalry ........ 119 A Harvest with Symbolic Significance . ......... 122 The Result: Thanksgiving to God . ............ 126 8 IMPACT: Salt and Light . . . . . . . . . . . 128 The Truths of Salt and Light ... . . . . . . . . ... 130 Weapons for Social Change. .... . . . . . . . . ... 135 Christian Distinctives . ..... ............. 139 CONCLUSION: Looking for Timothys in the Twenty-First Century. . . . 143 A Threefold Appeal . .... ............... . 145 Where Are the Timrnothys? . .... ............ 148 THREE HISTORICAL APPENDIXES: Related in Different Ways to the Living Church . . . . . 151 HISTORICAL APPENDIX 1 Why I Am Still a Member of the Church of England. . . 154 HISTORICAL APPENDIX 2 I Have a Dream of a Living Church . . . . . . . . . . .166 HISTORICAL APPENDIX 3 Reflections of an Octogenarian . . . . . . . . . . . ... ..170 Notes ........ ...................... ...... 175 Scripture Index . ....................... 179