Essentials : God's vision for his church
Worship : glorying in God's holy name
Evangelism : mission through the local church
The church must understand itself : its theology
The church must organize itself : its structures
The church must express itself : its message
The church must be itself : its life
Ministry : the twelve and the seven
The example of the apostle (the shepherd)
The invasion of false teachers (the wolves)
The value of the people (the sheep)
Fellowship : the implications of Koinonia
Our mutual responsibility
Some practical illustrations
Preaching : five paradoxes
Biblical and contemporary
Authoritative and tentative
Thoughtful and passionate
Springing from the Trinity
Creating equality according to our means
Careful supervision and friendly rivalry
A harvest with symbolic significance
The result : thanksgiving to God
The truths of salt and light
Weapons for social change
Conclusion: Looking for timothys in the twenty-first century
