The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective

by R. Paul Stevens

Book Overview

Throughout history the church has been composed of two types of people--those who "do" ministry and those to whom it is "done." In this provocative book R. Paul Stevens shows that the clergy-laity division has no basis in the New Testament and challenges all Christians to rediscover what it means to live daily as God's people. Exploring the theological, structural, and cultural reasons for treating laypeople as the objects of ministry, Stevens argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802848001
• ISBN13: 9780802848000
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"