Is the Church About to Disappear?

• Is the Church in Trouble?
• Does the Church Still Have a Message?
• The Church Is Not About to Disappear
• Why This Book?
• Where Will This Book Take You?
• The People of God

Biblical Foundations: The Old Testament Roots

• God Elects Individuals and Families
• The Covenant Renewed
• God's Holy People
• Why Israel?
• A Remnant

Biblical Foundations: The Earliest Beginnings of the Christian Church

• A Very Modest Beginning
• Called by Jesus
• Jesus Did not Call Perfect People
• Disciples Must Be Willing to Learn and Serve
• Why These Twelve?
• Built on the Rock
• Ekklesia
• The Church in the Book of Acts
• The Theology of the Church in the New Testament

Biblical Foundations: Themes and Metaphors

• The Church and the Kingdom
• The Church and Israel
• The Body of Christ
• The Bride of Christ
• God's Temple
• The People of God
• The Priesthood of All Believers

The "Marks" of the Church

• One
• Holy
• Catholic
• Apostolic
• Other "Marks"?

The Spirit in the Church

• What Does the Spirit Do?
• A Spirit-filled Church
• The Gifts of the Spirit
• The Church at Worship
• The "Ordinances"
• Baptism
• The Lord's Supper

The Government of the Church

• The Church as a Visible Institution
• Church Authority
• Local Church Leadership
• A Biblical Model of Church Governance
• Discipline
• Church and State

Ordination

• The Biblical Data Regarding Ordination
• The Meaning of Ordination
• The Ordination of Women
• Theological Considerations

The Doctrine of the Church in History

• Apostolic Fathers and Apologists
• Developments in the Third and Fourth Centuries
• Subsequent Developments
• The Time of the Reformation
• Martin Luther (1483 to 1546)
• Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)
• John Calvin (1509-1564)
• The "Radical" Reformation
• Methodism
• Roman Catholic Ecclesiology
• Vatican II: Lumen Gentium
• Some Contemporary Ecclesiologies
• Evangelical Protestantism

One Church for All?

• A Call for Restoration of Organic Unity
• Adventists and Ecumenism
• Adventists and Roman Catholics
• How to Relate to Other Christians?
• Principles for a Balanced View on Ecumenical Involvement

The Church and Social Justice

• The Adventist Church and Social Concerns-in the Past
• Poverty and Injustice-the Biblical Data
• What Does God Want From Us?
• What About the Church?
• A Prophetic Voice
• The Role of the Church at Present
• The Need for Balance
• Models of the Church

The Mission of the Church

• Why Mission? The Biblical Perspective
• The Uniqueness of Christianity and of Adventism
• The Adventist Self-understanding in Mission
• Contextualization

The Future of the Church

• The Future of Adventism
• The Future Is Secure
• What Will the Church of the Future Be Like?
• The End-time Church
• Defining the "Remnant"
• All Ends Well