The Life of the Church explores what the church does because of who it is. Useful for training in membership class, discipleship groups, and elder boards - and even for devotional reading - The Life of the Church is at once theological, practical, and experiential. Readers will not simply be informed, but led to a deeper conviction about their role in the body of Christ. Drawing from Scripture, church history, and theology, Thorn portrays the fundamental practices of the church: Community - what it really means to have all things in common; Worship - the purpose and nature of our weekly gathering; Public life - the role of the church in a lost and broken world. If you wonder what it means to be saved into a body of believers, why the various parts of a worship service matter, and how to engage in the world as a citizen of heaven - or if you've never even considered those things - then The Life of the Church is for you. It answers this critical question: "Why does the church exist, and how does it shape my life?"
