Rediscovering the Kingdom of God: developing an urban discipleship for the suburban church through the partnership model of New Hope Church and North Park Church

Rodger D Woodworth

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Rediscovering the Kingdom of God: developing an urban discipleship for the suburban church through the partnership model of New Hope Church and North Park Church

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Rodger D Woodworth. Rediscovering the Kingdom of God: Developing an Urban Discipleship for the Suburban Church Through the Partnership Model of New Hope Church and North Park Church. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6efa43c5-9b19-4dc9-b078-22de045882e3?q=2005.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

R. D. Woodworth. Rediscovering the Kingdom of God: developing an urban discipleship for the suburban church through the partnership model of New Hope Church and North Park Church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6efa43c5-9b19-4dc9-b078-22de045882e3?q=2005

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Rodger D Woodworth. Rediscovering the Kingdom of God: Developing an Urban Discipleship for the Suburban Church Through the Partnership Model of New Hope Church and North Park Church. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/6efa43c5-9b19-4dc9-b078-22de045882e3?q=2005.

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Rodger D Woodworth

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Abstract

This project is a systematic analysis on the state of discipleship in the church and an attempt to rediscover a more redemptive substitute to making disciples. The purpose is to show that the church, especially the suburban church, needs to rediscover the shalom of God's kingdom in order to develop an effective discipleship that is organic, bottoms-up, and redemptive--a discovery that becomes the engine of change. The project will attempt to show the ineffectiveness, or at best the short-term results of the 'church growth' methodologies that mask as discipleship and offer an urban discipleship as a substitute through a modeled church partnership. The project will be framed in Dr. Eldin Villafane's 'hermeneutical circle of social ethics.' Clarification (chapter 1 -- the ministry challenge) will give the basis for the thesis and the context. Conceptualization (chapters 2 & 3 -- the precedent literature and the theological perspective) will offer a sociological and biblical view of the issue. Confrontation (chapters 4 & 5 -- the project methodology and the systemic response) will present a methodology to develop and define an urban discipleship and assess the suburban church that will lead to proposed changes.

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