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The consumer church : can evangelicals win the world without losing their souls? / by Bruce Shelley & Marshall Shelley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c1992.Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0830813381
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 277.3/0829 20
LOC classification:
  • BR 1642.U5 S454 1992
Contents:
Contents:
Part I: Bewildered saints -- 1. Bewildered saints in a secular society -- 2. America's changing lifestyle -- 3. Risks at the extremes -- 4. The colony of Heaven -- 5. Church, parachurch and nochurch -- 6. The high price of change Part II: Drawing upon the past -- 7. Biblical politics in a secular society -- 8. Revivals and the democratic spirit -- 9. Success in a money culture -- 10. The cross in the pursuit of happiness -- 11. Current conductors of style Part III: Responding to the present -- 12. Churches and changing lifestyles -- 13. The meaning of membership -- 14. Styles of worship -- 15. Pleasing preaching -- 16. Directions for outreach -- 17. New leaders -- Conclusion: Recovering biblical balance.
Item type: Books
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-254) and index.

Contents:

Part I: Bewildered saints --
1. Bewildered saints in a secular society --
2. America's changing lifestyle --
3. Risks at the extremes --
4. The colony of Heaven --
5. Church, parachurch and nochurch --
6. The high price of change Part II: Drawing upon the past --
7. Biblical politics in a secular society --
8. Revivals and the democratic spirit --
9. Success in a money culture --
10. The cross in the pursuit of happiness --
11. Current conductors of style Part III: Responding to the present --
12. Churches and changing lifestyles --
13. The meaning of membership --
14. Styles of worship --
15. Pleasing preaching --
16. Directions for outreach --
17. New leaders --
Conclusion: Recovering biblical balance.