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Wide welcome [electronic resource] : how the unsettling presence of newcomers can save the church / Jessicah Krey Duckworth

Author
Duckworth, Jessicah Krey
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.
Baltimore, Md. : Project Muse.
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1 online resource (1 PDF (vii, 128 pages))
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Project Muse and Project Muse
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Contents
Deliberate disestablishment -- Intersections of inquiry -- Facilitating newcomer participation -- Designing disestablishment -- The task of the Ecclesia Crucis.
Summary
In Wide Welcome, Jessicah Krey Duckworth presents the stark differences between the established congregation, which cares for current members and congregational identity, and the disestablished one, intentionally equipped to facilitate the encounter between new and established members. The disestablished congregations, she says, gains purpose and identity in the task of relating to the newcomer, and by doing so engages the world in powerful new ways. By intentionally extending the time of newcomer inquiry and allowing their questions, insights, and experiences to reverberate through the entire congregation both they and the church are changed. Duckworth intentionally lays out possible designs for newcomer welcome that are local and particular.
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ISBN
9781451426250
1451426259
9780800699390
0800699394
Note
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-124) and index.
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