includes index and biblioraphy

Stating The problem The Problem of the Local Congregation The mobile Church - the first three Centuries Changing forms of Church Life - From Constantine on The Parish Church - Medieval The Modern response to Social change - The Modern Church What is the Mission? The Shape of the Mission The Servant Method The Goal of the Mission The Vision Of Creation Reconciled and United in Christ The Vision of Creation Realizing its full Potential The Final Goal not Fully Manifest Till Christ Returns The Power of the Mission The Church in the Mission The Marks of the Church What Makes the Church the Church? Mission and Unity The Redefinition of the Marks Of The Church Relating Confessional and Creedal marks Instituted and prudential means of Grace Koinonia Groups Applying the institued means of grace To The Structural forms of present need The Church in the World Christ is Lord - Over the Church and the World The Ministries of the Church Heretical Structures A New Monasticism? A Hierarchial Pattern of Church Life