""Wise Church is about rethinking church cultures so they become more of a wisdom culture. The topics vary as widely as church life itself: letter writing as pastoral care, the work life of congregants, evangelism, music, church economics, spiritual formation as the pursuit of wisdom, racial justice, marriage, learning how to teach like Jesus, gospeling like the apostles, and the wise use of social media. These studies are by pastors and scholars pondering wisdom, but more than that, they are pondering the life we all live in a wise way. We and our churches need wisdom, not simply because we live in an ever-changing world, but because the God we worship is himself wise. Wise church cultures reflect the wisdom of God back into the world, a world looking for wisdom."" With contributions from: Jeff Bannman Jeremy Berg Brandon Evans Pete Goodman David Johnston Ernest F. Ledbetter III Julie Murdock Joshua Little John M. Phelps Ivan Ramirez Bill D. Shiell
""Wise Church is about rethinking church cultures so they become more of a wisdom culture. The topics vary as widely as church life itself: letter writing as pastoral care, the work life of congregants, evangelism, music, church economics, spiritual formation as the pursuit of wisdom, racial justice, marriage, learning how to teach like Jesus, gospeling like the apostles, and the wise use of social media. These studies are by pastors and scholars pondering wisdom, but more than that, they are pondering the life we all live in a wise way. We and our churches need wisdom, not simply because we live in an ever-changing world, but because the God we worship is himself wise. Wise church cultures reflect the wisdom of God back into the world, a world looking for wisdom."" With contributions from: Jeff Bannman Jeremy Berg Brandon Evans Pete Goodman David Johnston Ernest F. Ledbetter III Julie Murdock Joshua Little John M. Phelps Ivan Ramirez Bill D. Shiell
Scot McKnight is Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament,
Northern Seminary, and is an author of more than eighty books,
including commentaries on Colossians, Philemon, and Galatians.
Daniel J. Hanlon is an Anglican priest in the Kigali Diocese of the
Anglican Church of Rwanda and a graduate of Northern Seminary and
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Dan and his wife, Kari, have
lived and served in Kigali for ten years.
"Wise Church is a wonderful invitation to join a rich dialogue of
pastors and scholars. Its contributors tackle twenty-first-century
issues ranging from social justice to social media, to the
Christian life in the family household and in the household of
faith. Having served over thirty years as an urban pastor, this
book helped me reflect and retool for yet another season of leading
our congregation for maximum impact for God's kingdom."
--Marshall Elijah Hatch, senior pastor, New Mount Pilgrim Baptist
Church, Chicago
"In our trying times, sources of wisdom are rare, but this book is
one of them. Scot McKnight has been a wise counselor to me for many
years. In Wise Church, Scot and his students have put together a
topical toolkit that will assist church leaders with practical
wisdom for common aspects of life and ministry."
--Todd Hunter, Anglican bishop and author of Our Character at
Work
"Wise Church is a wise book. It is wise because it embodies in
words the wisdom culture it promotes. It is wise because its
practical contents have to do with how churches are called to live
life. It is wise because it portrays wisdom as a trinitarian
virtue: God-activated, Spirit-inspired, Christ-shaped. And it is
wise because the exceptionally rich variety of topics are presented
by its thirteen contributors with pastoral grace . . . and
wisdom."
--Graham Buxton, Senior Lecturer in Theology, Flinders University,
Adelaide, Australia
"As demand increasingly outstrips supply, wisdom's value continues
to grow. In Wise Church, McKnight, Hanlon, and a team of ministry
practitioners offer this priceless commodity to the church, with
guidance for its diverse ecclesial applications, from racial
reconciliation to marital relationships and social media
engagement."
--Will Kynes, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Samford
University
"In an age of technique, celebrity, and toxic leadership, Wise
Church calls us to walk the paths of ancient wisdom for our own
time, lived out in the midst of godly community."
--Jay L. Greener, Church of the Redeemer, Highwood, Illinois
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