운동에 참여하는 센터처치, SERVING A MOVEMENT (KOREAN EDITION) ; DOING BALANCED, GOSPEL-CENTERED MINISTRY IN YOUR CITY, a New Edition of CENTER CHURCH Section Three
센터처치 시리즈 3권. 교회 사명의 본질을 살피며 각각의 그리스도인이 세상에서 하는 일과 사명의 관련성을 살펴본다. 그는 ‘선교적 교회’가 되는 것이 오늘날 어떤 의미이며 또 교회들이 어떻게 실질적으로 사람들을 구비하여 선교적 삶을 살아가도록 도울 수 있는지 제시한다. 교회들은 의도적으로 통합적인 사역을 만들어야 하며, 사람들을 하나님께, 각 사람에게, 각각의 도시에, 그리고 우리 주변의 문화에 연결해야 한다. 이 시리즈는 [팀 켈러의 센터처치](2016년 출간)를 복음 중심, 도시 중심, 운동 중심이라는 세 중심 주제로 분권한 것에 권위 있는 교계 지도자들의 논의를 추가한 것이다. 즉 마이클 호튼을 비롯한 교계 유력 학자들이 [팀 켈러의 센터처치] 내용에 제기한 반론과 평론, 그리고 거기에 대한 팀 켈러의 답변을 실었다. 각각의 논의는 [팀 켈러의 센터처치]의 중심 주제들을 더 심도 깊게 이해하도록 돕는다.
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Timothy Keller was the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, and three young sons. For over twenty years he has led a diverse congregation of young professionals that has grown to a weekly attendance of over 5,000.
He was also Chairman of Redeemer City to City, which starts new churches in New York and other global cities, and publishes books and resources for faith in an urban culture. In over ten years they have helped to launch over 250 churches in 48 cities. More recently, Dr. Keller’s books, including the New York Times bestselling The Reason for God and The Prodigal God, have sold over 1 million copies and been translated into 15 languages.
Christianity Today has said, “Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.”
Dr. Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. He previously served as the pastor of West Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Hopewell, Virginia, Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, and Director of Mercy Ministries for the Presbyterian Church in America.
I'm not certain I will be able to finish this book. I'm about 3/4 through it and it's been slow.
There is much to be commended in the book. I also really appreciate the additional interaction from the guest authors.
I really appreciate the point that we need to be interacting with the community and context in which we are ministering and to be relevant. However, despite his warnings early in the book against syncretism, I believe his form of contextualization is essentially syncretism.
So far there isn't a framework proposed to evaluate whether something is 'syncretism' or 'contextualization'. Sure some examples are provided, but not a meaningful scriptural case for determining the difference.
I'm still going to give it 3 stars because there is much to consider and the way the information is presented, but I recommend the reader to be discerning.
More and more, I find Keller's work to be suspect.
Definitivamente un libro extraordinario para todos los que buscamos avanzar en nuestras iglesias con el evangelio hacia un mundo cada vez más desafiante y cambiante. Las ideas que Tim Keller y sus amigos presentan aquí son fundamentos y visiones sólidas de cómo debería moverse la iglesia para ser efectiva en su misión en las próximas décadas.
Keller republished Center Church but in three volumes. These volumes added essays and his responses to those essays. It takes some humility to republish a book but with added essays that critique your ideas.
These critiquing essays added to the discussion and took the principles deeper. Alan Hirsch’s essay was notably weak but Keller’s response made up for it.