02894cam a22003494a 4500 14071441 AUA.1 20111017103129.0 050811s2005 miu b 000 0 eng 2005023138 080106483X (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocm61352931 DLC DLC BAKER C#P DLC pcc n-us--- BR 1642 .U5 F55 2005 250/.973 22 Fitch, David E., 1956- 3145 The great giveaway : reclaiming the mission of the church from big business, parachurch organizations, psychotherapy, consumer capitalism, and other modern maladies / David E. Fitch. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2005. 263 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-263). Introduction : the great giveaway : toward an postmodern evangelical ecclesiology -- Our definition of success : when going from ten to a thousand members in five years is the sign of a sick church -- Evangelism : saving souls beyond modernity : how evangelism can save the church and make it "relevant" again -- Leadership : when evangelical pastors end up in moral failure : the missing link between the pastorate and the virtues -- The production of experience : why worship takes practice : toward a worship that forms truthful minds and faithful experience (not merely reinforces the ones we walked in with) -- The preaching of the Word : the myth of expository preaching : why we must do more than wear scrolls on our foreheads -- Justice (our understanding of) : practicing redeemed economics : Christian community in but not of capitalism -- Spiritual formation : the need for more preaching (and penance) in the psychologist's office, or why therapy never should have left the church in the first place -- Moral education : evangelicals and the training of our children to be good Americans : the example of character education in the public schools -- Conclusion : let us return to the practices. Evangelicalism United States. 3146 Mission of the church United States. 3147 Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005023138.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK BR 1642 .U5 .F55 2005 891 891 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-09-14 Bought by JTL 12.56 AUA001069 2 BR 1642 .U5 F55 2005 AUA001069 2019-04-18 00:00:00 2019-04-11 12.56 2011-09-14 BOOK 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-10-17 Bought by JTL 10.00 AUA002122 2 BR 1642 .U5 F55 2005 AUA002122 2019-04-29 00:00:00 2019-04-26 2 10.00 2011-10-17 BOOK