{"product_id":"ecclesiology-and-mission-ems-34","title":"Ecclesiology and Mission (EMS 34)","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DESCRIPTION]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow Available for Pre-Order\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: September 8, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMission is not an activity of the church. Mission defines it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver time, many churches drift toward institutional stability and away from their mission calling in a rapidly changing world. Ecclesiology and Mission confronts this tension. Mission defines the church; the church embodies the gospel. Christians need to live out biblical concepts that will create diverse, reproducing church expressions worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, scholars and frontline practitioners stress the need to reintegrate mission with church life. Case studies from Azerbaijan, India, Thailand, and Canada show how mission thrives through relationships, family networks, hospitality, and adaptive faith, even under persecution. The authors in this volume highlight a trend toward simpler, networked, relational churches that can flexibly navigate modern complexities. They provide insights into how to think about church and mission, and how churches can do mission today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcclesiology and Mission\u003c\/em\u003e equips readers to reimagine the church as a dynamic, multiplying community—faithful to Scripture and adaptable to diverse cultural contexts—so that mission once again becomes the heartbeat of the church. [\/DESCRIPTION] [SUBTITLE]Exploring the Church’s Identity and Calling in a Changing World[\/SUBTITLE][PREORDER]09\/08\/26[\/PREORDER][CREDIT] Evelyn Hibbert, Kenneth Nehrbass, Abeneazer G. Urga, editors [\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 255 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Publishing [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2026 [\/PUBLISHYEAR] [TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1: Nature of Church\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1: “We Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church”: 3The Church and the Mission of God in the Nicene Creed by \u003cem\u003eGrant LeMarquand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2: A Response to “ ‘We Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church’: The Church and the Mission of God in the Nicene Creed” by Grant LeMarquand by \u003cem\u003eAnna Daub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3: Viewing Ralph Winter’s Modality and Sodality Through the Lens of 41John Flett’s Trinitarian Theology by \u003cem\u003eRobert Reese\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4: Local or Global? 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Payne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8: Movemental Ecclesiology: Recovering a Pre-Christendom Hermeneutic of Church Multiplication by \u003cem\u003eWes Watkins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9: Polycentric Leadership in Praxis: Rethinking Ecclesiological Forms139 by \u003cem\u003eJoseph Handley and Jason Richard Tan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 2: Church Doing Mission\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10: Rebalancing Ecclesial Life Around the Greatest Commandment: The Oikos as the Foundational Context of Church and Discipleship by \u003cem\u003eManuel Becker \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11: Culinary Art as a Medium for Church Engagement and Community Formation by \u003cem\u003eEllie Asker \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12: From “Churching” to Full Church Integration: Church Planting with Red-Light Communities in Kolkata by \u003cem\u003eSydney Dixon \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13: Without Walls, Without Names: Reimagining Church and Mission amid Hostility in India by \u003cem\u003eSantosh Kumar \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14: Identity, Security, and Ecclesiology: Missionary Relationships to Expatriate Christians and Churches in Restricted Access Nations by \u003cem\u003eA. 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