{"id":6240,"date":"2010-05-06T00:02:06","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T00:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/05\/the-resurrection-of-ministry.html"},"modified":"2010-05-06T00:02:06","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T00:02:06","slug":"the-resurrection-of-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/05\/the-resurrection-of-ministry.html","title":{"rendered":"The Resurrection of Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Purves.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>If you are total pragmatist when it comes to ministry, you won’t like this book. If you are a theologian-pastor type, you may well love Andrew Purves, The Resurrection of Ministry: Serving in the Hope of the Risen Lord<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>. Purves’ earlier book, which we blogged through<\/a>, was called The Crucifixion of Ministry: Surrendering Our Ambitions to the Service of Christ<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>, and this one takes us from Good Friday, coaxes us away from dwelling in a Holy Saturday ministry, and invites us into a Resurrection theology that can reshape ministry.<\/p>\n

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Pastors: How does Easter impact your pastoral theology? your ministry? your daily life? your preaching? your liturgical practices?<\/b><\/p>\n
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The book must be read slowly to savor the theology, but I want to highlight the progressive steps he walks through for the pastoral theology that dwells in the resurrection:<\/div>\n
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Focus on Jesus<\/div>\n
Rewrite the roadmap of ministry<\/div>\n
Become a theologian<\/div>\n
Learn how the Lord works<\/div>\n
Put ascension day back in place<\/div>\n
Sharpen the edge (use present tense for Jesus etc)<\/div>\n
Come to terms with a risen, but hidden, Jesus<\/div>\n
Become martyrs<\/div>\n
Turn your eyes upon Jesus<\/div>\n
Insert Trinitarian words into your liturgical expressions<\/div>\n
Trust in the resurrected Lord that your ministry is accepted by God<\/div>\n
Let resurrection faith resist evil<\/div>\n
Declare in your preaching; preach with conviction<\/div>\n
Ministry practices the atonement<\/div>\n
Ministry moves also from Easter into Good Friday: crucifixion is praxis.<\/div>\n
Intentionally celebrate joyfully<\/div>\n
Ministry is a joy<\/div>\n
Celebrate funerals in the mood of Easter<\/div>\n
Liturgies of forgiveness can be reshaped<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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