“The Gospel after Christendom – New Voices. New cultures. New Expressions”
So lautet die Festschrift für Edmund Gibbs, Professor am Fuller Theological Seminary (Kalifornien, USA). Ursprünglich kommt “Eddie” Gibbs aus Engalnd und hat die “Gemeindewachstums-Bewegung” (Church Growth Movement) wesentlich mitbestimmt. In der Festschrift schreiben Theologen und Leiter aus ganz unterschiedlichen Ländern, wie Aufbrüche und neue Gemeindeformen aussehen oder aussehen müssten.
Das Besondere: dieses Buch ist interaktiv. Die Autoren haben sich im Entstehungsprozess der Festschrift in Spalten gegenseitig kommentiert.
Unter anderem hat Markus Weimer, Leiter von churchconvention, ein Kapitel zu dieser Festschrift beigetragen: “On the Move: Towards Fresh Expressions of Church in Germany”.
Der Aufbau/Inhalt des Buches ist wie folgt:
Contents
Introduction Ryan K. Bolger
I. Peoples
1. Iglesias Emergentes in Latin America Osias Segura-Guzman
2. Emerging Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand Steve Taylor
3. Emerging Missional Churches in Australia Darren Cronshaw
4. New Expressions of Church in Scandinavia Ruth Skree
5. New Expressions of Church in the Low Countries Nico-Dirk Van Loo
6. Fresh Expressions of Missional Church in French-Speaking Europe Blayne Waltrip
7. Emerging Christian Communities in German-Speaking Europe Peter Aschoff
II. Cultures
8. New Monastic Community in a Time of Environmental Crisis Ian Mobsby
9. Mission within Hybrid Cultures: Transnationality and the Glocal Church Oscar Garcia Johnson
10. Distinctly Welcoming: The Church in a Pluralist Culture Richard J. Sudworth
11. Our P(art) within an Age of Beauty Troy Bronsink
12. Mission Among Individual Consumers Stefan Paas
13. Mission in a New Spirituality Culture Steve Hollinghurst
III. Practices
14. Rethinking Worship as an Emerging Christian Practice Paul Roberts
15. Formation in the Post-Christendom Era: Exilic Practices and Missional Identity Dwight J. Friesen
16. Towards a Holistic Process of Transformational Mission Tobias Faix
17. Leadership as Body and Environment: The Rider and the Horse MaryKate Morse
IV. Experiments
18. The Underground: The Living Mural of a Hip Hop Church Ralph C. Watkins
19. Bykirken (The City-Church), Pray and Eat Andreas Østerlund Nielsen
20. House of Sinners and Saints Nadia Bolz-Weber
21. L’Autre Rive (the Other Bank or Shore) Eric Zander
22. With: An Experimental Church Eileen Suico
23. The Jesus Dojo Mark Scandrette
24. St. Toms: From Gathered to Scattered Bob Whitesel
25. Urban Abbey: The Power of Small, Sustainable, Nimble Micro-Communities of Jesus Kelly Bean
V. Traditions
26. Indigenous and Anglican: A Truly Native Church Emerges in the Anglican Church of Canada Mark MacDonald
27. Turning the Ocean Liner: The Fresh Expressions Initiative Graham Cray
28. On the Move: Towards Fresh Expressions of Church in Germany Markus Weimer
Conclusion Ryan K. Bolger
Afterword Eddie Gibbs
Index
