Beyond Decline: A Challenge to the Churches
“Beyond Decline: A Challenge to the Churches” by Robin Gill, published by Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd on November 12, 2012, offers a critical examination of the current state of churches in Britain. This 154-page book addresses the evident decline of these institutions and explores the varied responses to this issue. Robin Gill, who is both a parish priest and a theologian, delves into the consequences of this decline, particularly focusing on the rise of anti-intellectualism within the churches and the pressures to make moral and social pronouncements through assemblies and synods.
Readers will find a thorough analysis of how declining churches can engage with moral and social issues, alongside competing models of evangelism and church growth. The book also scrutinizes the deployment of clergy in these contexts, arguing that current practices are ineffective in countering decline. Gill proposes a radical model for clergy deployment aimed at revitalizing the churches and concludes with a vision of faith that transcends decline. This edition is presented in English and is designed for those interested in the intersection of church and social problems.
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Perhaps the most obvious thing one can say about the churches in Britain today is that they are declining. The facts are evident. However, responses to that decline vary considerably, and Robin Gill, parish priest and theologian as well as sociologist, has written to challenge some of them. Dr Gill begins by examining the way in which decline has led to what he argues is a disastrous anti-intellectualism within the churches. Then he goes on to examine ways in which declining churches are tempted to compensate by pressing for general assemblies and synods to make specific moral and social pronouncements. A third chapter sets out alternative and sometimes incompatible options for Christians to engage in moral and social issues. A fourth chapter examines competing models of evangelism and church growth. In the fifth chapter Dr Gill analyses clergy deployment within declining British churches. Concluding that churches are not deploying clergy in the most effective way to counter decline, he suggests a radical model for deployment to edge the churches beyond decline. The book ends with a vision of faith beyond decline.
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