The Reverend Michael Harper, former Director of the Fountain Trust. calls for radical and urgent reform of the Church and for renewal in the area of its ministry. 'The charismatic movement', he writes, 'is challenging the Church to take seriously the "every-member" ministry of the early Church. Can that ministry be contained within the odl traditional structures of the historic churches? When new life burgeons out, will it not be inhibited by the church order of a bygone age?...Unfortunately it is as true in the Christian Church as it is in the field of economics that, to quote Professor J. Galbraith, "originality is taken to be the mask of instability." we need to be bold enough to move out into fresh pastures, whilst not being foolish enough to neglect the old paths.'
- ISBN10 088270236X
- ISBN13 9780882702360
- Publish Date 31 December 1977 (first published 1 March 1977)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 June 2021
- Imprint Bridge-Logos
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 254
- Language English