02344nam a22002417a 4500 10015 10015 GBCCL 20241126110723.0 240109b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780281069361 0281069360 gbc 230.042 GRE Greenwood, Robin 17389 Being Church : the formation of Christian community / Robin Greenwood New York, SPCK, 2013 281 pages Being Church offers ideas and strategies, based on real experience and detailed reflection, on processes that offer support and challenge to church leaders and especially clergy, whether parish clergy, or diocesan advisers, or bishops. Through the guiding metaphor of Presiding the book shows how to empower the laos, the whole people of God, clergy and laity together. It gives guidance on drawing out confident leadership, centred discipleship, mutual affirmation, a sense of being on a journey towards and with God, discerning local churches direction, sense of identity, and the courage to Cover; Praise for this Book; Title page; Imprint; Dedication; Table of contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Finding how to be Church again: key virtues of a God-centred Christian community; 2. God's people on the move: genuine innovation requires a new way of seeing everything; 3. A listening Church: learning from the wisdom of mystics and organizational theorists; 4. Learning together: choosing cooperation rather than competition; 5. Formed in the walking of Jesus: community formed in encountering and being healed by Jesus. 6. From strategies to virtues: choosing and living practices to build the Church's character and purpose7. Grown-up Church: maturing through personal and corporate awareness; 8. The unresolved dilemma: baptismal promises and ordination vows; 9. Virtues and habits of churches and priests: taking responsibility together for being Church; 10. Spirit-led community: growing in hospitality and love through sharing in the Eucharist; 11. Open and pastoral: Church as the giving and receiving of love; 12. Communicating: letting down barriers and being real Catholic Church 13398 Catholic Church Miscellanea 17390 Church 263 ddc BK 1 0 0 ddc 0 0 GBC GBC TH 2024-01-27 1 230.042 GRE 020558 2025-05-01 00:00:00 2024-07-22 c.1 2024-01-27 BK