Table of Contents
Foreword Michael Frost ix
Introduction: Forming a Missional Theology of the Church xiii
Part 1 Surveying the Euro-American Landscape Roman Catholic
1 Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI): The Church as Communion 3
2 Karl Rahner: The Church as Community of Witness 14
3 Hans Küng: The Church as Eschatological Community of Salvation 27
Eastern Orthodox
4 Thomas Hopko: The Church as Fullness of God 39
5 Vigen Guroian: The Church as Peculiar, Ethical Community 52
6 John Zizioulas: The Church as Eucharistic Communion 62
Protestant
7 Letty Russell: The Church as Household of Freedom 75
8 Jürgen Moltmann: The Church as Messianic, Relational Koinonia 86
9 John Webster: The Church as Communion of Saints 98
Free Church
10 John Howard Yoder: The Church as New, Redeemed Community 109
11 Barry Harvey: The Church as Altera Civitas 122
12 Miroslav Volf: The Church as Image of the Trinity 134
Part 2 Introducing Missional Ecclesiology-Through Conversation
13 The Thinking-in-Community Church: Encountering a Life-Giving Theology 149
14 The Mission-Forged Church: Participating in the Mission of God 151
15 The Christ-Centered Church: Following the Messiah and His Eschatological Mission 180
16 The Spirit-Empowered Church: Responding to the Spirits Power and Presence 205
17 The Trinity-Imaging Church: Reflecting Trinitarian Communion and Mission 230
18 The Courageous and Future Church: Being Salt, Light, and a City 263
Resources: Practicing Missional Ecclesiology 275
Bibliography 281