TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sunquist,Scott W.
TI  - Why church?: a basic introduction 
SN  - 9780830852383
AV  - BV600.3 .S86 2019
U1  - 262 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Downers Grove, Illinois
PB  - IVP Academic
KW  - Church
KW  - Public worship
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Church: only two purposes -- How did we get here? from the Jesus movement, to Christendom, to post-Christendom -- Come -- Stand -- Kneel -- Sit -- Go -- Healthy body movement -- Epilogue: what we did not talk about
N2  - "Is a church just something we create to serve our purposes or to maintain old traditions? Or is the church something more vital, more meaningful, and more powerful? In this introduction to the nature of the local church, historian and missionary Scott Sunquist brings us a portrait of the church in motion, clarifying the two primary purposes of the church: worship and witness"--
ER  -