Church at Church

Description

Jean-Jacques von Allmen’s work was animated bythree key insights: the Church both learns and becomes what it truly is when itgathers to worship; worship tells the story of God’s salvation history andinvites God’s people into it; and by doing so, the church offers the world botha stern warning and a hopeful promise. The Swiss Reformed pastor and professoris among the most admired liturgical theologians of the twentieth century, buthis work is largely and lamentably unknown to most worship leaders. In Church at Church, Ron Rienstra provides an introduction tothis important thinker. He offers methodological and biographical context andthen explores von Allmen’s most generative insights concerning the church as itengages in its most foundational activity: worship. Viewed through the lens ofthe Nicene marks, Rienstra’s exploration yields the outlines of a ‘liturgicalecclesiology’, a way to help the church think more deeply about its identityand to help its leaders shape the worship they prepare and lead today.