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Pathways to the Waters of Grace: A Guide for a Church's Ministry with Parents Seeking Baptism for Their Children

Pathways to the Waters of Grace: A Guide for a Church's Ministry with Parents Seeking Baptism for Their Children

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Christian LivingGeneral Christianity

Publisher Price: $44.00

ISBN10: 1498281338
ISBN13: 9781498281331
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: May 16 2017
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What if the church took with utmost seriousness that baptism is the gift of a new identity taking a lifetime to grow into? And, what if that identity includes God's call to a way of life made visible in how Jesus lived his? This book is a response to these questions in relationship to the church's practice of baptizing children. This book's underlying premise is that how the church helps parents prepare for baptism is vital to how the whole family lives its baptismal identity throughout life, as well as to the renewal of churches themselves. In the last several decades, institutionalized Christianity has found itself renegotiating its relationship with a culture that often has churches on the defensive for practices that are little changed from an era now past and insufficient as a witness to life as Christ's disciple. This book urges a reconsideration of what churches offer parents seeking baptism for a child, offering a transformed vision of such a ministry as well as a practical guide for putting it in place in the life of churches. Pastors, educators, and leaders will find a pathway to follow that promises to be life changing for all involved.

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