Synopses & Reviews
First published as "The New Reformation this book has become a classic resource for church life. Fresh examples illuminate guidelines for lay leadership and transition church from passive to active, maintenance to mission, clergy to lay ministers, and teacher/caregiver to equipping enabler.
Synopsis
The first Reformation placed the Bible in the hands of the people. Today's Reformation -- the priesthood of all believers -- is placing the ministry in the hands of the people of God. While many support the ministry of the laity, there is still some resistance in churches where pastors act as caregivers and keep the people of God in a dependent position.
In this updated, expanded revision of his classic book, The New Reformation, author Greg Ogden continues to trace the shift from viewing the church as institution to church as organism. Unfinished Business provides a careful, thoughtful, biblical case for returning ministry to all the people of God.
Synopsis
The Reformation restored the Scriptures to the people, but the job was only halfway finished. Today the church is awakening to the truth that ministry is not just the domain of clergy, but belongs to the entire body of Christ. God is moving her to complete her unfinished business of placing the ministry back in the hands of the people.
Unfinished Business has played a pivotal part in helping the church reclaim ministry at the grassroots level. First published in 1990 as The New Reformation, it has become a classic resource for church life. Expanding on and updating the original material with fresh examples and references to eight key important movements, this new edition lays foundations for the church to move from:
Passive to active
Maintenance to mission
Clergy to people of God
Teacher/caregiver to equipping enabler
Pointing us back to the church as an organism, not an institution, author Greg Ogden shows how each of us is called to help finish the Reformation's unfinished business: expressing the priesthood of every believer practically in the church, the world, and all avenues of life.