Vocatio: Imaging a Visible Church

by C. Andrew Doyle

Overview

• Popular author with broad appeal
• New vision for shaping future church leaders

The Church’s mission is not dependent upon economic or worldly boundaries. The gospel will expand and grow where people respond to God’s grace in their lives. The Episcopal Church, along with all denominational churches, is being forced to break out of old training models and traditions of ordination in this new age of mission. The Church must rethink formation of leaders (lay and clergy) to keep up with what God is already doing in the world. Participating in God’s mission will press us to reconsider assumptions about the vocations themselves, and their shape for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640651173
Publisher:	Church Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/17/2018
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

C. Andrew Doyle, the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, summarizes his autobiography in six words: "Met Jesus on pilgrimage; still walking." He is author of Vocātiō, Unabashedly Episcopalian, Orgullosamente Episcopal, A Generous Community, and The Jesus Heist. He lives in Houston, Texas.

Table of Contents

Foreword: A Neighborly Narrative Peter Block ix

Introduction: Selling Jesus xxi

Chapter 1 A Shalom Making God 1

Chapter 2 The Prince of Peace 13

Chapter 3 Disciples of Peace 29

Chapter 4 A Gospel of Peace Takes Root 43

Chapter 5 Detour toward Principality 57

Chapter 6 The Church Principality 69

Chapter 7 A Modern Avocation 77

Chapter 8 A Misguided Strategy 85

Chapter 9 Shalom Means Otherness 93

Chapter 10 Humans, Tools, and Commons 107

Chapter 11 Professionalism and Deschooling Seminary 115

Chapter 12 Ordered Future 125

Chapter 13 The Gap 137

Acknowledgments 145

Notes 147

Bibliography 169

About the Author 177