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<note>&#34;The church gets into trouble whenever it thinks it is in the church busi ness rather than the Kingdom business,&#34; writes Howard Snyder &#34;In the church business, people are concerned with church activities, religious behavior and spiritual things in the Kingdom business, people are con cerned with Kingdom activities, all human behavior and everything God has made. Church people think about how to get people into the church: Kingdom people think about how to get the church into the world.&#34;

So the church needs to be liberated for Kingdom purposes. It needs to be set free to become what God intends

Snyder proposes a bold, new ecological model for the church in rela tion to God's economy. He looks at the church as sacrament, community servant and witness. Then he discusses the Kingdom in relation to min istry, theology. Scripture and lifestyle Finally, Snyder examines lat ministry, the role of women, the role of pastors and concern for the poor

Howard A. Snyder is a teacher and writer and part-time pestu coordinator of the Irving Park Free Methodist Church in Chicago High previous books with InterVarsity Press-The Problem of Wineskin Community of the King and The Radical Wesley &#38; Patterns for Church newal-also probe the nature and role of the church society Eibe et the Church is his most thorough and penetrating look at the church.</note>
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