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    Pastor Paul: Nurturing a Culture of Christoformity in the Church
    Pastor Paul: Nurturing a Culture of Christoformity in the Church
    Pastor Paul: Nurturing a Culture of Christoformity in the Church
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    Pastor Paul: Nurturing a Culture of Christoformity in the Church

    Written by Scot McKnight

    Narrated by David Cochran Heath

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    Being a pastor is a complicated calling. Pastors are often pulled in multiple directions and must ""become all things to all people"" (1 Cor. 9:22). What does the New Testament say (or not say) about the pastoral calling? And what can we learn about it from the apostle Paul? According to popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight, pastoring must begin first and foremost with spiritual formation, which plays a vital role in the life and ministry of the pastor. As leaders, pastors both create and nurture culture in a church. The biblical vision for that culture is Christoformity, or Christlikeness. Grounding pastoral ministry in the pastoral praxis of the apostle Paul, McKnight shows that nurturing Christoformity was at the heart of the Pauline mission. The pastor's central calling, then, is to mediate Christ in everything. McKnight explores seven dimensions that illustrate this concept--friendship, siblings, generosity, storytelling, witness, subverting the world, and wisdom--as he calls pastors to be conformed to Christ and to nurture a culture of Christoformity in their churches.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateSep 17, 2019
    ISBN9781980072560
    Pastor Paul: Nurturing a Culture of Christoformity in the Church
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    Scot McKnight

    Scot McKnight (PhD, Nottingham) has been a Professor of New Testament for more than four decades. He is the author of more than ninety books, including the award-winning The Jesus Creed as well as The King Jesus Gospel, A Fellowship of Differents, One.Life, The Blue Parakeet, Revelation for the Rest of Us, and Kingdom Conspiracy.

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