Works Consulted

Works Consulted


Table of contents
  1. Ecclesiology
  2. Missiology
  3. Embodiment
  4. Digital Church
  5. Other
  6. Resources I have Yet to Look Into
  7. Presentation, Outline, and Supporting Quotes

Ecclesiology

Allison, Gregg R. 2012. Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church. Edited by John S. Feinberg. 1st edition. Wheaton, IL: Crossway.

Chalk, Casey. n.d. “Why I Am Not a Baptist.” Accessed April 12, 2023. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/07/28/why-i-am-not-a-baptist/.

“Church - Noun.” n.d. Accessed April 11, 2023. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/church.

Dever, Mark. 2012. The Church: The Gospel Made Visible. B&H Academic.

Dever, Mark, and H. B. Charles. 2021. Nine Marks of a Healthy Church. 4th edition. Crossway.

Elwell, Walter A., and Peter Toon, eds. 1991. The Concise Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Pub Group.

Gehring, Roger W. 2004. House Church and Mission: The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers.

Hammett, John S. 2019. Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology. Updated&Expanded edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic.

Henderson, Robert Thornton, and William Pannell. 2016. What on Earth Is the Church?: An Inquirer’s Guide. Wipf and Stock.

Leeman, Jonathan. 2020. “What Makes a Church a Church?” Crossway. April 10, 2020. https://www.crossway.org/articles/what-makes-a-church-a-church/.

Rahner, Karl, and Herbert Vorgrimler. 1965. Theological Dictionary. Edited by Cornelius Ernst. First American Edition. Herder and Herder.

SBC. 2000. “Baptist Faith & Message 2000 - The Baptist Faith and Message.” Https://Bfm.Sbc.Net/. Accessed April 4, 2023. https://bfm.sbc.net/bfm2000/.

Missiology

Dever, Mark, and Paul Alexander. 2021. How to Build a Healthy Church: A Practical Guide for Deliberate Leadership. 2nd edition. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway.

Gehring, Roger W. 2004. House Church and Mission: The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers.

IMB. 2023. “IMB Foundations.” IMB.

Payne, J. D. 2008. Missional House Churches: Reaching Our Communities with the Gospel. Colorado Springs; Milton Keynes, U.K.: Paternoster.

SBC. 2000. “Baptist Faith & Message 2000 - The Baptist Faith and Message.” Https://Bfm.Sbc.Net/. Accessed April 4, 2023. https://bfm.sbc.net/bfm2000/.

Tennent, Timothy. 2010. Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the Twenty-First Century. Kregel Academic & Professional.

Embodiment

Allen. “Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies: An Exercise in Christological Anthropology and Its Significance for the Mind/Body Debate - The Gospel Coalition.” Accessed March 11, 2024. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/review/embodied-souls-ensouled-bodies-an-exercise-in-christological-anthropology-and-its-significance-for-the-mind-body-debate/.

Allison, Gregg. “Embodied: Living As Whole People A Podcast.” Think Biblically - Biola University Blogs, November 19, 2021. https://www.biola.edu/blogs/think-biblically/2021/embodied-living-as-whole-people.

Greer, Lainey. “What Is Embodiment?” Lainey Greer, August 11, 2019. https://laineygreer.com/what-is-embodiment/.

James, Samuel. Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age. Crossway, 2023.

Just, Bryan. “Embodied Souls and Ensouled Bodies.” Intersections, January 20, 2023. https://www.cbhd.org/intersections/embodied-souls-and-ensouled-bodies.

Digital Church

Bardo, Olivia. 2022. “Is Church in the Metaverse?” Sojourners, October 2022.

Elwell, J. Sage. 2019. “A Deep Dive into Digital Culture.” Edited by Lagerkvist. Religious Studies Review 45, no. 3 (September):337–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.14102.

Herron, Daniel. “Lessons from The Robloxian Christians Online Church.” Faith and Leadership, November 21, 2018. https://faithandleadership.com/daniel-herron-lessons-the-robloxian-christians-online-church.

Jun, Guichun. 2020. “Virtual Reality Church as a New Mission Frontier in the Metaverse: Exploring Theological Controversies and Missional Potential of Virtual Reality Church.” Transformation Volume 37, no. September (September): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265378820963155.

Kim, Do-hoon. “The Meaning of Being a Church in the Virtual World – A Study on Douglas Estes’ ‘SimChurch’” Jangshinnondan 45, no.4 (2013): 141-168. doi: 10.15757/kpjt.2013.45.4.006

Lim, Wan Phing. n.d. “Church in the Metaverse: Are You Ready? Our Daily Bread Ministries.” Accessed March 5, 2024. https://ourdailybread.org/spotlight-malaysia/church-in-the-metaverse-are-you-ready/.

Moles, Dennis. n.d. “Being Jesus Online. Discovery Series.” Accessed March 5, 2024. https://discoveryseries.org/courses/being-jesus-online/lessons/being-jesus-online-introduction/.

Reed, Jeff. 2023. “Meeting God in the Metaverse.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 59, no. 3 (September): 38–42.

Stafford, Tim. 2010. “The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance.” Christianity Today 54, no. 6 (June): 30–33.

“The Church Digital. Guidance for Church Online, Digital, Metaverse and Phygital/Hybrid Church.” n.d. The Church Digital. Accessed March 5, 2024. https://thechurch.digital.

“Digital Church Report - The Church.Digital,” The Church.Digital, accessed March 6, 2024, https:// thechurch.digital/digitalchurchreport.

“VR MMO Church in the Metaverse.” n.d. Accessed March 5, 2024. https://www.vrchurch.org/.

Wilson, David, and Lorene Wilson. 2018. Pipeline: Engaging The Church In Missionary Mobilization. Littleton: William Carey Library.

Yust, Karen-Marie. 2023. “A Review of Church as Network: Christian Life and Connection in Digital Culture.” Interpretation, Shorter Reviews, 77, no. 2 (April): 197–212. https://doi.org/10.1177/00209643221145970.

Zsupan-Jerome, Daniella. 2020. “The Community of the Church: Walking in Step with the Spirit in Digital Culture.” Concilium. April 11, 2020. https://concilium-vatican2.org/en/original/zsupanjerome/.

Other

“People Groups of the World. Joshua Project.” 2024. Accessed March 5, 2024. https://joshuaproject.net/.

Resources I have Yet to Look Into

Kim, Jay Y., and Scot McKnight. 2020. Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP.

Mahan, Jeffrey. 2021. Church as Network: Christian Life and Connection in Digital Culture. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Presentation, Outline, and Supporting Quotes

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