That We May Be One: Practicing Unity in a Divided Church

by Gary B. Agee

Publishers:

Eerdmans; Liturgical Press

, 2022

Overview

Transcending divisions and healing the Body of Christ.

Disunity is a reality within churches today. Left unaddressed, political disagreements and racial inequities can fester into misunderstanding, resentment, and anger. But often even the act of addressing this discord prompts further animosity, widening fissures into gaping fault lines between fellow members of the same community.

Gary Agee, a pastor well-versed in navigating the volatility of diverse church communities, reflects here on the roots of division within the church and the virtues and practices that can promote the restoration of unity. With disarming honesty and humility, Agee offers sage advice gleaned from Scripture and years of practical experience to show how we might fulfill Jesus’s prayer on behalf of the church: “That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. . . . That they may be one as we are one.” At the end of each chapter, Agee includes exercises, discussion questions, and suggested practices, providing a concrete path to unity through dialogue and action.

Key Features

• Provides a concrete path to unity through dialogue and action
• Offers sage advice gleaned from Scripture and years of practical experience
• Reflects here on the roots of division within the church

Contents

• Foreword by Michael Gulker
• Introduction: Seeing and Not Seeing: An Autobiographical Introduction in Three Acts
• Getting Started
• Speaking of Unity
• Taking on a Posture of Unity
• The Upper Room Experience
• The Bible and the Practice of Unity
• False Gospels
• From Pew to Practice
• Champions for a Cause
• Conclusion: Finding Home

Product Details

• Title: That We May Be One: Practicing Unity in a Divided Church
• Author: Gary B. Agee
• Publishers: Eerdmans, Liturgical Press
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 147
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Church › Unity
• ISBNs: 9780802881861, 0802881866
• Resource ID: LLS:THTWMYDVDDCHRCH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-11T19:17:09Z

About Gary B. Agee

Gary B. Agee, teaches church history for the School of Theology and Christian Ministry at Anderson University, Indiana. Agee has been a pastor in the Church of God (Anderson) since 1985. He is currently the lead pastor of the Beachwood Church of God (Camden, Ohio). Agee is the author of numerous books including A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism, 1854-1933 (2011).