The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America professes to be a public church constituted by God for its public vocation. Moe-Lobeda explores what it means for the ELCA to play a role in public life today. Sections focus on what it means to be a public church, obstacles to being a public church in public life, power for being public church, and providing public leadership. For the followers of Jesus, the ''way of living'' in public is a gift of God to the church. It is costly and dangerous, but yet gives life abundant, now and forever.
- ISBN10 0806649879
- ISBN13 9780806649870
- Publish Date 1 March 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 February 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Augsburg Fortress
- Format Paperback
- Pages 92
- Language English