“WORD AND SACRAMENT: Ancient Traditions For Modern Church Planting” by Dan Alger reveals how the rich traditions of liturgical worship provide a robust framework to plant missionally effective churches. Church leaders are stewards of the old faithful Church. Rediscovering the foundations of our heritage builds more faithful, effective churches. Simultaneously, planting new churches breathes new life into these ancient traditions in a variety of cultural contexts. This book contextualizes the way of discipleship for a global church to help those in ministry to discern their role in church planting.
Word and Sacrament is a timeless book that intertwines wisdom from ancient traditions with modern church planting, giving a fresh vision to church planting, ever ancient, ever new. It honors the rich tradition of the past to pursue a hope-filled future—a relevant message for today’s Church. This timely book asserts the importance of missiology in our context to give a renewed vision for sacramental, liturgical, and biblical mission. It meets a critical need at a critical juncture in church planting. Along with the importance of God’s Word, Alger develops the Scriptural roles of sacrament and the church in ‘sacramental church planting.’ This awesome work on ecclesiology and missiology is for all church planters. While asserting the true essence of the church and her mission, Word and Sacrament enlivens our vision to plant churches in the fertile soil of the historic church. In an extremely well-chronicled and resourceful work for church leaders, this book clearly outlines the two aspects of discipleship – Word and Sacrament – to provide a competent framework for modern church planting and draw you into a deeper love for Jesus Christ.
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