Ryan Tafilowski

Beyond Church and Parachurch

Church Leadership & Ministry

“With her characteristic wit and wisdom, Dr. Ward helps us to negotiate the relationship between the church and the parachurch—sometimes confusing, sometimes contentious—by offering a broader vision of the mission of God. Drawing on robust ecclesiology that emphasizes the value and power of the local church, Dr. Ward shows how churches and parachurch organizations might come to think of themselves, and each other, as partners within the same missional ecosystem, opening up fresh ways of moving from competition to collaboration.”

Sabbath Gospel

Theology

“It is deeply ironic that a people who follow the Lord of the Sabbath, who offers the promise of rest, are so often exhausted. Part of the reason, as G. P. Wagenfuhr and Amy J. Erickson show, is that we have approached the Sabbath as yet another thing to do, another task to accomplish within structures that are often exploitative and unjust. Instead, they offer a fresh vision of Sabbath which calls us, not to stop work altogether, but to take up the right kinds of work. Here is the promise of true rest, not for frantic people on the go, but for hopeful people on the Way.”