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A gathered people : revisioning the assembly as transforming encounter / John Mark Hicks, Johnny Melton & Bobby Valentine.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: MWT11456374Publication details: Abilene, Tex. : Leafwood, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (190 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780891128823
  • 0891128824
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gathered People : Revisioning the Assembly as Transforming Encounter.DDC classification:
  • 264 23
LOC classification:
  • BV15 .H53 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Contents -- “Sacramental� Encounter? -- 1 / A False Dichotomy: Life and Assembly in God�s Story -- 2 / Assemblies in Israel: We Shall Assemble on the Mountain -- 3 / Christian Assemblies: Gospel Word and Communal Table -- 4 / Assembly in Christian History: Word and Table -- 5 / Assembly Among Churches of Christ: Our Formative History -- 6 / Gathered to God: Divine Presence in Assembly -- 7 / Contemporary Gatherings: Assembling Worthy of the Gospel
Summary: As a companion volume to Come to the Table and Down in the River to Pray, this book completes a trilogy on the three "ordinances" of the Stone-Campbell Movement. A Gathered People is an in-depth biblical, historical, and theological study of the Christian assembly or Lord's Day. It examines Hebrew assemblies in the OT, Christian assemblies in the NT, the changing nature of assemblies in Christian history, and the assembly in the Stone-Campbell heritage. It concludes with a theological argument about the nature and purpose of the assembly, and reflections on Christian assemblies today.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)514501

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190).

Contents -- “Sacramental� Encounter? -- 1 / A False Dichotomy: Life and Assembly in God�s Story -- 2 / Assemblies in Israel: We Shall Assemble on the Mountain -- 3 / Christian Assemblies: Gospel Word and Communal Table -- 4 / Assembly in Christian History: Word and Table -- 5 / Assembly Among Churches of Christ: Our Formative History -- 6 / Gathered to God: Divine Presence in Assembly -- 7 / Contemporary Gatherings: Assembling Worthy of the Gospel

As a companion volume to Come to the Table and Down in the River to Pray, this book completes a trilogy on the three "ordinances" of the Stone-Campbell Movement. A Gathered People is an in-depth biblical, historical, and theological study of the Christian assembly or Lord's Day. It examines Hebrew assemblies in the OT, Christian assemblies in the NT, the changing nature of assemblies in Christian history, and the assembly in the Stone-Campbell heritage. It concludes with a theological argument about the nature and purpose of the assembly, and reflections on Christian assemblies today.