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Gemeinde transformata semper transformanda evangelio : Theological education for what?
Author(s) -
Brondos David A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/dial.12548
Subject(s) - gospel , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , loom , theology , sociology , transformation (genetics) , philosophy , history , art , engineering , visual arts , archaeology , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Two factors loom large in the crisis that the church and our institutions of theological education are facing today. The first is that the traditional formulations of the gospel that we have inherited are highly problematic from both a theological and a biblical perspective. The second is a model of church that in many ways no longer responds to our present‐day realities. By defining the gospel in terms of transformation and healing and embracing new forms of community, we can enable more people to be immersed in the gospel in the context of communities that are both transformed and transforming.