Book description
An engaging and thoughtful book that guides readers into the
frontiers of being a missional Christian
Prodigal Christianity offers a down-to-earth, accessible, and
yet provocative understanding of God's mission of redemption in the
world, and how followers of Christ can participate in this work. It
speaks into the discontent of all those who have exhausted
conservative, liberal, and even emergent ways of being Christian and
are looking for a new way forward. It offers building blocks for
missional theology and practice that moves Christians into a
gospel-centered way of life for our culture and our times.
- Offers a compelling and creative vision for North American Christians
- Puts forth a theology and ten critical signposts that must be
observed to follow a missional way of life: post-Christendom, missio
Dei, incarnation, witness, scripture, gospel, church, sexuality,
justice, pluralism
- Asks questions and points to issues that trouble many leaders in
the post-modern, post-denominational, post-Christendom church
This book can fill the gap for the average Christian left
discontented with the current options "after evangelicalism."
David E. Fitch is a copastor and founder of Life on the Vine
Christian Community and coaches church-planting for the Midwest
District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. He is the B. R.
Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary, Chicago,
and is author of The Great Giveaway and The End of Evangelicalism?
Geoff Holsclaw is a copastor at Life on the Vine Christian
Community and an adjunct professor of theology at Northern Seminary.
He is the Mid-West regional coordinator for Ecclesia Network.
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