Table of Contents

Foreword by Richard J. Mouw
Preface
1 Rediscovering the Church in the Twenty-first Century
2 A Missional Understanding of the Church
3 Historical Views of the Church
4 The Church and the Redemptive Reign of God
5 The Nature of the Church
6 The Ministry of the Church
7 The Organizational Life of the Church
Notes
Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Craig Van Gelder is professor of congregational mission at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a church consultant, coeditor of The Church Between Gospel and Culture, and editor of Confident Witness-Changing World.