Alan Hirsch advocates that Missiology should shape Ecclesiology.
Christology → Missiology → Ecclesiology
Ed Stetzer advocates that Ecclesiology should precede Missiology.
Christology → Ecclesiology → Missiology
Which do you support and why?
Tag: ecclesiology
When is a Missional Community a Church?
This is an important question: “When is a missional community a church?” It gets at the root of our essential ecclesiology—what makes church, church. Some would emphasize the presence of elders, others would emphasize the presence of people, others the gospel and sacraments, still others a people on mission. Where do you fall? When are missional communities considered churches? When are missional core teams considered “a church”?
Check out the answers to this question here.
Spirit-led Ecclesiology
The audio is up for my recent talk at Acts 29 Dallas Bootcamp on Spirit-led Ecclesiology: Following the Spirit thru Church Planting. This talk explores how planters lean away from the Spirit-led center of church planting and addresses how they can practically apply a biblical theology of the Spirit to the challenges of unplanned change in planting churches. Perhaps a timely topic given the buzz over renaming church planting to gospel planting.
Top 5 Books on: Ecclesiology
Inspired by Steve McCoy’s series, I’d like to know what your top 5 books on ecclesiology are. I know this is a broad topic, but just feel free to choose the 5 most influential books on the church that you have read.