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Living to die, dying to live : an exit strategy for institutional christianity / Michael W. Shirey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 1532696507
  • 9781532696503
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230 23
LOC classification:
  • BT75.3 .S557 2019
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources: Summary: Christianity is dying-in parts of the world it is already dead. Yet there is hope, but it will require radical surgery that many are unprepared to accept as necessary. The vast behemoth that calls itself institutional Christianity must die if the Jesus Movement upon which it was founded is to live. The essential message of the Christian gospel is that death leads to new life. Is Christianity ready to embrace this truth and die so that it can live?

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Christianity is dying-in parts of the world it is already dead. Yet there is hope, but it will require radical surgery that many are unprepared to accept as necessary. The vast behemoth that calls itself institutional Christianity must die if the Jesus Movement upon which it was founded is to live. The essential message of the Christian gospel is that death leads to new life. Is Christianity ready to embrace this truth and die so that it can live?