If I Were the Devil / Knight, George R / (PB/2007-2007/B+/USED)

*Condition Note: Book is lightly used with almost no wear and clean.*

In some parts of the world it seems the Seventh-day Adventist Church is in danger of settling down into a social club. That is, unless it remembers our mission.
With growing secularization, disorientation, and institutionalism, how can the church maintain its identity? How is the church to function, considering it was founded on the belief that time is short - yet time keeps goin on?
George Knight tackles these and other tough questions. Beginning with the courageous speech "If I Were the Devil," presented at the 2000 General Conference session, this book is an insightful look at Adventism's mission, structure, and contemporary challenges.
Not just for church administrators and academics - this is a call to duty to all church members, a call to become a church alive with passion and purpose. Let these pages reinvigorate you with fresh thoughts about the Adventist mission and how to accomplish it. Because the world doesn't need another social club, It needs to hear God's message.

A Word to the Reader
PART I: WARMING UP TO THE TOPIC
1. If I Were the Devil!
2. The Fat Lady and the Kingdom
3. The Church and Change
PART II: THE THREAT OF THE PRESENT VERSUS THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE
4. The Life Cycle of a Church: Adventism, Institutionalism, and the Challenge of Secularization
5. Challenging the Continuity of History: The Failure of Marxism and the Frustration of Adventism
PART III: THE SHAPE OF ADVENTIST CHURCH STRUCTURE
6. How We God This Way: The Development of Adventist Church Structure
PART IV: THE SHAPE OF ADVENTIST MISSION
7. From Shut Door to Worldwide Mission: The Historical Development of Adventist Mission
8. Joseph Bates: Originator of Seventh-day Adventist Mission Theory
9. Adventism's Missiological Quadrilateral: A Design for World Mission
PART V: ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM AND THE NEEDS OF WORLD MISSION
10. Church Structure: Help of Hindrance?
11. Church Structure for the 21st Century
12. Hardening Wineskins Versus Structural Revitalization: Adventist Options for the New Century
13. Adventist Congregationalism: Wake-Up Call or Death Knell?
PART VI: THE RELATION OF INSTITUTIONS AND LIFESTYLE TO MISSION
14. Mission and Institutional Vitality: The Dynamics of Educational Expansion
15. Mission and Lifestyle: Amish, Methodists, Adventists, and Changing Standards and Values
PART VII: ADVENTIST FUTURES IN RELATION TO ADVENTIST PASTS
16. Mainspring of Mission: Another Look at Adventism's Prophetic Roots
17. Occupying Till He Comes: The Tension Between the Present and Future
PART VIII: PARTING THOUGHTS
18. Another Look at Babylon
19. Another Look at City Mission
20. KNIGHT'S LAW Applied to Church Leadership
A Final Word to the Reader
Index of Biblical References
Index of Topics and Names

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