Beyond Four Walls: Explorations in Being the Church (Australian College of Theology Monograph)

The church today is in many places on the nose. For many people it stinks. It has passed its use-by date and should be relegated to the dustbins of history and the sooner the better. Nevertheless the contributors to this volume believe that the church in spite of its somewhat checkered history and its many present failures remains an integral part of Gods redemptive purposes being worked out in the world and that Gods call to the church is now what it has always been: to be the faithful people of God bearing joy-filled witness to the resurrection of Jesus Christ in word worship and work in its corporate life and in the lives of each of its members. Each chapter in this book explores an aspect of what it means to be the church both with respect to its own life and with an eye to its presence and mission in the world.