Spirit and truth: Reckoning with the crises of Covid-19 for the Church
The Covid-19 pandemic forces North American churches to reckon with long-standing crises and questions surrounding online community, access to worship, decline in membership, the struggle of small congregations, and the reality of our global communion. This article describes a response grounded in f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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Dialog
Year: 2020, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 233-241 |
| RelBib Classification: | KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church RB Church office; congregation TK Recent history ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Coronavirus
B Covid-19 B Martin Luther B Pandemic B virtual communion B Lutheran Confessions |
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| Summary: | The Covid-19 pandemic forces North American churches to reckon with long-standing crises and questions surrounding online community, access to worship, decline in membership, the struggle of small congregations, and the reality of our global communion. This article describes a response grounded in faith defined as confidence in our liberation from pride and despair through Jesus Christ. There is need for clarity of doctrine and spiritual courage to fulfill the church's twofold mission to sustain and grow the body of Christ; both these tasks require courage to approach and speak from the Gospel in ever-new contexts and ages. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12594 |