The Difficult But Indispensable Church

Why is it so difficult to be church today? Of course, Christian community is marked by ennobling worship, mutual care, and joyful celebration. But just as often it is marred by staid routine, insularity, and disagreement over leadership, budgets, ethical stances, or even the shape of congregational prayer itself. Alienation, blame, and power struggles ensue. Is church worth it In this volume of fresh thinking about life in Christian community, twenty-one theologians from Wartburg Seminary s...