First Words:

9  First Words . . . Editorial Introduction By Thomas B. Slater,  Professor of New Testament, McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia, and a member of the editorial board of Review & Expositor.

13  A Word From. . . . By David Goatley, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention.

15  A Word About. . . The Character of God. By Kent Blevins, Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

18 A Word From. . . The Managing Editor. By Mark E. Biddle, Professor of Old Testament, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, and Managing Editor of Review & Expositor.

 

Thematic Words:

21  Mega-Churches: A New Ecclesiology or An Ecclesial Evangelism? By Laceye Warner, Associate Dean for Academic Formation and Programs, Associate Professor of the Practice of Evangelism and Methodist Studies, and the Royce and Jane Reynolds Teaching Fellow, Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina.

 

33 The New Ecclesiology and the Post-Modern Age. By Joseph Williams, Pastor, Salem Bible Church, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

41 The New Ecclesiology. By Lynn Mims, Pastor, Barak Christian Church, and CEO of A New Cornerstone, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri.

 

53 A New Ecclesiology: Can the Church Be Transformed? By Lavonia K. McIntyre, Senior Pastor, Greater Hopewell CME Church, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

61 The New Ecclesiology: Mega-Church, Denominational Church, and No Church . By Ryan Wilson, Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church, Senaca, South Carolina.

75  Confessions of a Shopaholic: Philippians 2:1-11. By Valencia T. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Livingston Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Covington, Georgia.

 

81  The Effect of the Economic Crisis on the Church. By Yvette Gates, LAPC, a Baptist Minister and a substance abuse counselor with the Dekalb County (Georgia) Community Services Board.

 

Words About Recent Books:

89 Edited by Robert R. Ellis, Associate Dean and Phillips Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament, Logsdon Seminary, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas.

 

Indexes:

101 Books Received   

        Books Reviewed