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200			_aThe Church _eGod's Pilgrim People _fNiringiye, David Zac
210			_aCarlisle _cLangham _d2014
101			_aeng
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225			_aLangham Global Library
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330			_aIt is so refreshing to read what Bishop David Zac Niringiye, long-term friend and brother, has to say about the church. On the one hand I am personally warned of how easy it is for us, lost in the exuberance of our inventions and redefinition of the church, to lose our bearing with regards to Gods purpose for the church. On the other, 1 am reminded of why the church today should be a continuing story, journey and witness of the people of God to his kingdom. In a contemporary age in which the identity of the church has been re-created in our image - be it ethnic, social, economic or whatever else, with all their attendant paraphernalia, Bishop Zacs clear word is a call for sober reflection regardless of our church tradition. Rather than just a lamentation of how church easily slides from being "all about God" to "all about us" or even just "me", this is a prophetic call to rediscover and return to God's original purpose for the church in relation to his kingdom. I commend this book to all who long for the church to be the church as communities of God's people "announcing and demonstrating the Kingdom of God by the grace and power of the Holy Spirit." Femi B. Adeleye, PhD Director of Church Partnerships Giobal Centre Christian Commitments, World Vision International David Zac Niringye is for me a modern hero of the faith. He has been so helpful to our community of hundreds of students and all nations and ages at the heart of Oxford. When he gave up his role of Bishop to work for the cause of justice in Uganda and beyond some feared he might forget the Church. But this brilliant book shows the opposite is true. He writes movingly about the people of God on the journey of God and invites us winsomely to join in the advancing kingdom of God. Get this book to get in touch with your destiny. Charlie Cleverly Rector of St Aldates Church, a house of prayer for all nations at the heart of Oxford, UK
606			_aChurch.
606			_aCommunities - Religious aspects - Christianity.
606			_aChristian life.
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