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005			20251028093340.0
008			140325s2014 ilu b 000 0 eng
010			_a 2014011067
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780830841141
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050	0	0	_aBV 4517.5 _b.S63 2014
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100	1		_aSmith, C. Christopher.
245	1	0	_aSlow church : _bcultivating community in the patient way of Jesus / _cC. Christopher Smith and John Pattison ; forward by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
264		1	_aDowners Grove, Illinois : _bIVP Books, _c[2014]
300			_a246 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-234).
505	0		_aA theological vision for slow church -- Terroir : taste and see -- Stability : fidelity to people and place -- Patience : entering into the suffering of others -- Wholeness : the reconciliation of all things -- Work : cooperating with God's reconciling mission -- Sabbath : the rhythm of reconciliation -- Abundance : the economy of creation -- Gratitude : receiving the good gifts of God -- Hospitality : generously sharing God's abundance -- Dinner table conversation as a way of being church.
520			_aFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast ... church? The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism. In the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In Slow Church, Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.
650		0	_aCommunities _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
650		0	_aChurch.
700	1		_aWilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan, _d1980-
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