Mission of the church
Here are entered works on the purpose of the church and its activities. General works on the activities and programs of missionaries and works on Christian missions are entered under Missions.
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Broader term:Narrower term:Used for:- Church -- Mission
- Church -- Purpose
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Liberative Solidarity: Contemporary Perspectives on Mission, by K. C. Abraham (HTML at religion-online.org)
- Encyclical Letter, Fratelli Tutti, of the Holy Father Francis, on Fraternity and Social Friendship (in multiple languages; 2020), by Pope Francis (HTML at the Vatican)
- Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes), Promulgated by His Holiness Pope Paul VI, on December 7, 1965, by Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) (HTML at the Vatican)
- The Return of Christendom (London: Allen and Unwin, c1922), contrib. by Charles Gore, Maurice B. Reckitt, Henry H. Schloesser, Lionel Spencer Thornton, P. E. T. Widdrington, A. J. Carlyle, Arthur J. Penty, Niles Carpenter, Paul B. Bull, and G. K. Chesterton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Conversations with Monsignor Escriva de Balaguer, by Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (HTML at escrivaworks.org)
- New Views of Christianity, Society, and the Church (Boston: J. Munroe and Co., 1836), by Orestes Augustus Brownson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Sojourners (partial serial archives)
- Foi et Vie (in French) (partial serial archives)
- Biblical Worldview (partial serial archives)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Church- What People Ask About the Church (first edition, c1992), by Dale Robbins (HTML with commentary at victorious.org)
- The Search for the True Church (c1991), by Joe Crews (HTML at amazingfacts.org)
- When All Else Fails... Read the Directions (c1975), by Bob Smith (HTML at pbc.org (select right-side icons to read chapters))
- The Non-Orthodox: The Orthodox Teaching On Christians Outside The Church (online edition, c2004), by Patrick Barnes (PDF at orthodoxinfo.com)
- Body Life (1995 edition), by Ray C. Stedman and James D. Denney (HTML and PDF files at raystedman.org)
- The Church: An Organic Picture of Its Life and Mission, by Robert Brow (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Church Questions: Historical and Moral Reviews (London: J. Snow; Manchester, UK: Thomson and Baxter, ca. 1862), by Joseph Parker (multiple formats at Google)
- Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), Solemnly Promulgated by His Holiness Pope Paul VI, on November 21, 1964, by Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) (HTML at the Vatican)
- The Glorious Church, by Watchman Nee (frame-dependent HTML at ministrybooks.org)
- On the Church of Christ: The Person of the Church and Her Personnel, by Jacques Maritain, trans. by Joseph W. Evans (HTML at Notre Dame)
- The Outward Bound: Caravaning as the Style of the Church, by Vernard Eller (HTML at hccentral.com)
- The State of the Church: A Plea for More Prayer (New York et al.: Fleming Revell Co., ca. 1911), by Andrew Murray (multiple formats at archive.org)
- What the Church Means to Me: A Frank Confession and a Friendly Estimate by an Insider (Boston et al.: The Pilgrim Press, c1911), by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- The Christian Ecclesia: A Course of Lectures on the Early History and Early Conceptions of the Ecclesia, and One Sermon, by Fenton John Anthony Hort (multiple formats at CCEL)
- Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds (New York: J. Wiley, 1851), by John Ruskin (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Reformation Debate: Sadoleto's Letter to the Genevans, and Calvin's Reply, With an Appendix on the Justification Controversy (New York: Fordham University Press, 2000), by Jean Calvin and Jacopo Sadoleto, ed. by John C. Olin (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
- Tithing and the Church (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1994), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
- The Authority of the Church As Set Forth in the Book of Common Prayer Articles and Canons: Sermons Preached in Trinity Chapel, New York, During Lent, 1891 (New York: E. and J. B. Young and Co., 1891), by Morgan Dix (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Via Media of the Anglican Church, Illustrated in Lectures, Letters and Tracts (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908), by John Henry Newman
- Baptized Patriarchalism: The Cult of the Family (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, ca. 1994), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
- Catholicity in its Relationship to Protestantism and Romanism: Being Six Conferences Delivered at Newark, N.J., at the Request of Leading Laymen of That City (Milwaukee: Young Churchman Co., c1878), by Ferdinand C. Ewer (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Sermons on the Failure of Protestantism, and on Catholicity (New York: D. Appleton, 1869), by Ferdinand C. Ewer
- Come-Outerism: The Duty of Secession From a Corrupt Church (New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1845), by William Goodell (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Awkward Church, by Douglas John Hall (HTML at religion-online.org)
- The Church of Christ, in its Idea, Attributes, and Ministry: With a Particular Reference to the Controversy on the Subject Between Romanists and Protestants (first American edition; Philadelphia: Smith and English; New York: A. D. F. Randolph, 1856), by Edward Arthur Litton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Discussions on Church Principles: Popish, Erastian, and Presbyterian (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark; et al., 1763), by William Cunningham (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Roman Catholicism, Old and New, From the Standpoint of the Infallibility Doctrine (New York: R. Worthington, 1877), by John Schulte
- Catholicity and the Vincentian Rule, by Charles C. Grafton (HTML at anglicanhistory.org)
- Christian Brotherhood: A Letter to the Hon. Heman Lincoln (Boston: Gould and Lincoln; et al., 1859), by Baron Stow
- Christian Union: A Historical Study (St. Louis: Christian Pub. Co., c1906), by J. H. Garrison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christian Unity and its Recovery (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1866), by John Sidney Davenport
- An Exhortation to Peace and Unity (sometimes attributed to John Bunyan) (Gutenberg text)
- Lectures on the Reunion of the Churches (New York: Pott, Young and Co., 1872), by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger, trans. by Henry Nutcombe Oxenham
- A New Rome: A Study of Visible Unity Among Non-Papal Christians (London et al.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911), by Richard De Bary
- Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds (New York: J. Wiley, 1851), by John Ruskin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sermons on the Failure of Protestantism, and on Catholicity (New York: D. Appleton, 1869), by Ferdinand C. Ewer
- The Church of the Redeemer, As Developed within the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, by S. S. Schmucker (page images at MOA)
- The Convocation Book of M DC VI, Commonly Called Bishop Overall's Convocation Book, Concerning the Government of God's Catholic Church and the Kingdoms of the Whole World (Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1844), by John Overall, contrib. by William Sancroft (page images at HathiTrust)
- Discussions on Church Principles: Popish, Erastian, and Presbyterian (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark; et al., 1763), by William Cunningham (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Reply of the Church of the Puritans to the Protest of Their Late Deacons, by Church of the Puritans (New York, N.Y.) (page images at MOA)
- The Perpetual Government of Christ's Church (new edition, with biographical notice; Oxford: At the University Press, 1842), by Thomas Bilson, ed. by Robert Eden (multiple formats at Google)
- Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought and Learning (second edition; London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: Macmillan, 1920), by Reginald Lane Poole (multiple formats at archive.org)
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