Unexpected Consequences

Times change, and the Order of Deacons in the Episcopal Church has not remained static. While Unexpected Consequences seeks to update contemporary knowledge about deacons, it also shows how the diaconate may be well positioned to lead the church into change that cuts across governance, formation, and ministry. While the institutional church struggles with its structure and purpose, working to change its reality and perception, the author suggests that there are diaconal leaders who have been working all along for this kind of change. Epting chronicles ways in which one church order has grown, matured, adapted, adjusted, and is as effective as it is because of its dynamic nature. It is hoped that other orders might learn from the importance of being adaptable, contextual, and baptismal, while highlighting the primary lens deacons look through as they seek to fulfill what the church has called them to do. Unexpected Consequences was written for the 3,000 deacons active in the Episcopal Church, plus those involved in diocesan schools for ministry, those considering a call to the diaconate, those engaged in Education for Ministry, educators, and seminarians. (Publisher).

שנה

2015

שפה

English

הוצאה

MOREHOUSE PUBLISHING

מהדורות

2

עמודים

208

ISBN

9780819229793

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata