Patzia, Arthur G. <br/><br/>
The emergence of the church :  context, growth, leadership & worship / 
Arthur G. Patzia. 
 - Downers Grove, Ill. :  InterVarsity Press,  c2001. 
 - 272 p. :  ill., maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-260) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>The geographical, religious & cultural background to the early church -- Jesus & the church -- The geographical expansion, numerical growth & diversity of the early church -- The emergence of ministry, leadership & church order in the early church -- Worship in the early church -- Concluding remarks. 
<br/><br/> "The Emergence of the Church explores the story, weighs the issues and traces the contours of the early church's expansion and growth, life and practices, leadership and worship. Here is a panoramic introduction to the church as it was in the first century and a foundation for considering how it should be in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0830826505 (paper : alk. paper) 9780830826506 (paper : alk. paper) 0851114830 (Apollos sticker) 9780851114835 (Apollos sticker) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001039359 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA1-W0168 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Vroege kerk.<br/>Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR 165  / .P35 2001