Posted in Establishments, Missiology, Parish Theory & Practice on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a third installment of my review of the fascinating work, P. D. Thompson’s Parish & Parish Church. If you’re interested in the history of Christian missions and of the parish plan and are just joining us, click here to read the first.
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In chapters 5 & 6, Thompson moves from [...]
Posted in Parish Theory & Practice, Parish in American Context on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Below are some solid quotes from Shedd’s Pastoral Theology on parochial visitation. It should be observed how much of the old European model he advocates, notwithstanding the American milieu in which he labored.
First, Shedd stipulates that pastors ought to be engaged in personal, ‘door to door’ visitation (as we might say) in his parish. In [...]
Posted in Cure of Souls, David Nasmith, Parish Theory & Practice, Parish in American Context on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve recently stumbled across Shedd’s Pastoral Theology at GoogleBooks. It contains several interesting insights into the theory and practice of Reformed parochialism. But even more intriguing is the fact that it illustrates the survival and idealization of the old, European ecclesiastical model within the untamed vastness of multi-denominational, disestablished America. And no, it’s not Roman [...]
Posted in Establishments, Parish Theory & Practice on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been some time since I put this one on the shelf. Just getting back to it. It you’d like to head back and read the first post, click here.
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A Review with Observations on Parish and Parish Church: Their Place and Influence in History, by P. D. Thompson
Part 2
In the [...]
Posted in Benevolence & the Diaconate on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a great piece written by Dr. David Apple, Director of Mercy Ministry at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. For anyone who has had experience trying to show mercy to those whose sin and folly patterns are deep, many of these guidelines will ring quite true. Here’s a link.
Posted in Missiology on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The folks at Gospel Coalition have recently put the journal Themelios online. A truly great resources for Reformed pastors and theologians.
I’d like to recommend one article in particular. Dr. Keith Ferdinando, an evangelical scholar involved in African missions, deals with the contemporary debate over the definition of Christian ‘mission.’ He persuasively argues that the tendency [...]
