01711cam a2200325 i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000370008802000250012503500130015004000360016304200080019905000230020708200120023010000570024224500620029926400530036130000280041433600210044233700250046333800230048850400530051150502200056452004100078465000120119465000200120677601590122620912301OSt20260316162247.0190328s2019    ilu      b    001 0 eng c  a  2019013106  a9780830852383qpbk. : alk. paper  z9780830872350 (ebk.)  a20912301  aLBSOR/DLCbengcLBSORerdadDLC  apcc00aBV600.3b.S86 201900a2622231 aSunquist, Scott W.q(Scott William),d1953-eauthor.10aWhy church? :ba basic introduction /cScott W. Sunquist. 1aDowners Grove, Illinois :bIVP Academic,c[2019]  axii, 208 pages ;c23 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.0 aChurch: only two purposes -- How did we get here? from the Jesus movement, to Christendom, to post-Christendom -- Come -- Stand -- Kneel -- Sit -- Go -- Healthy body movement -- Epilogue: what we did not talk about.  a"Is a church just something we create to serve our purposes or to maintain old traditions? Or is the church something more vital, more meaningful, and more powerful? In this introduction to the nature of the local church, historian and missionary Scott Sunquist brings us a portrait of the church in motion, clarifying the two primary purposes of the church: worship and witness"--cProvided by publisher. 0aChurch. 0aPublic worship.08iOnline version:aSunquist, Scott W. (Scott William), 1953- author.tWhy church?dDowners Grove, IL : IVP Academic, [2019]z9780830872350w(DLC) 2019015972