Series Preface -- c.7
Preface -- c.9
Abbreviations -- c.11
1. The Colony of Heaven -- c.13
2. The People of God -- c.27
3. The Church of Christ -- c.37
4. The Fellowship of the Spirit -- c.49
5. The Gift of the Spirit -- c.61
6. T Believe ... the Holy Catholic Church’ -- c.71
7. Holiness and Catholicity -- c.83
8. The Marks of the Church -- c.99
9. The Service of Worship -- c.117
10. The Nurture of the Church -- c.137
11. The Mission of the Church -- c.135
12. The Church in the World’s Cultures -- c.167
13. The Kingdom, the Church and the State -- c.187
14. The Structure of Christ’s Church -- c.199
15. The Ministry of Women in the Church -- c.215
16. The Gifts of the Spirit in the Church -- c.237
17. The Gift of Prophecy in the Church -- c.255
18. The Sacraments -- c.269
Notes -- c.291
Index of Biblical References -- c.326
Index of Subjects and Names -- c.332

Perhaps no other doctrine has more tangible impact on Christians than their doctrine of the church. In a cultural climate where the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the doctrine of the church has suffered studied neglect. The persistent demands to market and grow the church threaten to quench serious theological reflection on its abiding nature and mission. But few activities bear greater promise for renewing and reshaping the church than the work of theology.
Edmund Clowney addresses these issues from decades of
thinking and teaching. Biblical, historical, systematic and Reformed, The Church is a timely reflection on the life, order and purpose of the household of God.