The Church: Presbyterian Perspectives
Ebook
This book considers basics of Christian faith about the church, conveyed through the perspectives of the Reformed tradition, particularly in its Presbyterian expression from Donald McKim's own context in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The six chapters deal with ecclesiology: understandings of the church. The book begins by considering the call to follow Jesus in the church, the beginning of the Christian journey. The Reformation slogan "the Church Reformed and Always Being Reformed according to the Word of God" orients us to the nature of the church and God's ongoing work of Word and Spirit within the community of faith. Three of the chapters discuss phrases from the Apostles' Creed. These are "I believe in the Holy Spirit," "the holy catholic church," and "the communion of saints." The final chapter, called "Imagine the Church!" provides theological resources for helping us recognize and experience the God of superabundance who is at work in the world, in the church, and in our own lives (Eph 3:20). Together these essays provide theological understandings of the church while also exploring the meanings and implications of the church for Christian life and experience today.
"From Augustine to Anna Case Winters, from Calvin to the Belhar Confession, Don McKim has gathered Reformed wisdom about the church, and presents it in a warm, pastoral style."
--Amy Plantinga Pauw, Henry P. Mobley Jr. Professor of Doctrinal Theology, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
Product Details
- Title : The Church: Presbyterian Perspectives
- Author: McKim, Donald K.
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Publication Date: 2017
- ISBN: 9781532600548
Dr. Donald K. McKim is an Honorably Retired minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He has served as Editor for Being Reformed: Faith Seeking Understanding for Congregational Ministries Publishing of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He was Editor of These Days (2009-2014) and has also served as Editor for The Present Word and Joining the Feast in the Feasting on the Word curriculum published by Westminster John Knox Press. He was Executive Editor for Theology and Reference for Westminster John Knox Press (2000-2012); Academic Dean and Professor of Theology at Memphis Theological Seminary (1993-2000); and Professor of Theology at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary (1981-1988). Dr. McKim has al-so been Visiting Professor of Theology at Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia and Co-lumbia Seminary's Center for Theological Studies in Orlando, Florida as well as Adjunct Pro-fessor of Theology at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York and Adjunct Faculty at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. McKim was Interim Pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Downingtown, Pennsylvania and the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Berwyn, Pennsylvania as well as Stated Supply Pastor of Friendship, Parish, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. For two years he was a Visiting Faculty member in the Religion Department of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He has served and presently serves on the Board of Directors of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and has served on the Board of the Buechner Institute. He has been a Distinguished Alumnus from Pittsburgh Theological Semi-nary (1994) and received the Alumni Citation for Achievement from Westminster College (2012).