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Title: Ministry Makeover

Subtitle: Recovering a Theology for Bi-vocational Service in the Church

Author: Rosario Picardo

Narrator: John Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-17

Publisher: Rosario Picardo

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Ministry Makeover examines the decline within the church, especially the United Methodist Church (UMC), and some causes for this decline. It calls for a reforming of United Methodist structure and polity by drawing more attention to the value of the bi-vocational model of ministry and a re-visitation of the Wesleyan/United Brethren view and historical perspective. This book establishes a solid theological foundation upon which to build this shift and it goes a step beyond typical ecclesiology (the study of the church) to identify Trinitarian theology as the basis for the practice of the church. In turn, this text reveals bi-vocational ministry and support of new congregations as not only a viable option, but also arguably the model towards which the church is heading. These insights will transform the church and lead to more effective church ministry with respect to resources, structure, and reach in a post-Christendom world context. Picardo uses Embrace Church (Lexington, KY) as a case study, and incorporates his experiences into this text in order to show how these implications have played out in a true bi-vocational, church-plant context.