This volume considers three issues in the Presbyterian Church that have proved to be perplexing to the witness of faith: outreach, ecumenism, and pluralism. The first four essays illustrate that troubling questions about the church's witness arose in this century and divided Presbyterian opinion in the midst of American social problems. Thus, verbal and physical outreach became competing priorities. The final five essays examine racial/ethnic Presbyterian experiences. Examples of the interlocking and sometimes interfering interplay of outreach, ecumenism, and pluralism in the quest for distinctive Presbyterian discipleship are discussed.
Through its examination of American Presbyterianism, the Presbyterian Presence series illuminates patterns of change in mainstream Protestantism and American religious and cultural life in the twentieth century.

The Diversity of Discipleship: Presbyterians and Twentieth-Century Christian Witness (The Presbyterian Presence)

Coalter, Milton J; Mulder, John M., 1946-; Weeks, Louis, 1941-

Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation

Geneva Press

The Presbyterian presence, 1st ed., Louisville, Ky, Kentucky, 1991

United States, United States of America

October 1991

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-402) and index.

415 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-402) and index
Presbyterian evangelism : a case of parallel allegiances diverging / Milton J. Coalter -- Twentieth-century Presbyterian new church development : a critical period, 1940-1980 / Robert H. Bullock, Jr. -- The rise and fall of Presbyterian official journals, 1925-1985 / James A. Overbeck -- A poultice for the bite of the cobra : the hocking report and Presbyterian missions in the middle decades of the twentieth century / John R. Fitzmier and Randall Balmer -- American Presbyterians in the global Ecumenical movement / Theodore A. Gill, Jr. -- Presbyterian Ecumenical activity in the United States / Erskine Clarke -- Presbyterians and mass media : a case of blurred vision and missed mission / J.W. Gregg Meister -- A Presbyterian dilemma : ecclesiastical and social racial policy in the twentieth-century Presbyterian communion / Joel L. Alvis, Jr. -- Identity and integration : black Presbyterians and their allies in the twentieth century / Gayraud S. Wilmore -- Native American Presbyterians : assimilation, leadership, and future changes / henry Warner Bowden -- Hispanic Presbyterians : life in two cultures / Francisco O. Garcia-Treto and R. Douglas Brackenridge -- Contexts for a history of Asian American Presbyterian churches : a case study of the early history of Japanese American Presbyterians / Michael J. Kimura Angevine and Ryo Yoshida -- Korean American Presbyterians : a need for ethnic particularity and the challenge of Christian pilgrimage / Sang Hyun Lee

This volume is about discipleship, the common pursuit of Christians. Each volume in The Presbyterian presence series examines some facet of Presbyterian discipleship in the twentieth century.

2023-06-28