Overview
T. Scott Daniels, pastor of a Los Angeles megachurch, contends that corporate bodies like churches form an individual spiritual personality of sorts. Cultural influences can impact the collective spirit or attitude of a congregation, either hindering it from becoming all God intends it to be or setting it free to glorify God.
In this practical work, Daniels examines the nature of the seven representative "angels" of the churches addressed in Revelation to show how congregations can escape the principalities and powers that hold them captive. The book encourages working pastors, church leaders, and ministry students to consider a systems approach to church leadership--one that takes seriously the powers at work within local congregations--and offers suggestions for transformation.
In this practical work, Daniels examines the nature of the seven representative "angels" of the churches addressed in Revelation to show how congregations can escape the principalities and powers that hold them captive. The book encourages working pastors, church leaders, and ministry students to consider a systems approach to church leadership--one that takes seriously the powers at work within local congregations--and offers suggestions for transformation.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Richard J. Mouw
Introduction: To the Angel, Write . . .
1. Ephesus: The Spirit of Boundary Keeping
2. Smyrna: The Spirit of Consumerism
3. Pergamum: The Spirit of Coercive Power
4. Thyatira: The Spirit of Privatized Faith
5. Sardis: The Spirit of Prosperous Ease
6. Philadelphia: The Spirit of Fear
7. Laodicea: The Spirit of Self-Sufficiency
8. Transforming the Spirits
Index
Introduction: To the Angel, Write . . .
1. Ephesus: The Spirit of Boundary Keeping
2. Smyrna: The Spirit of Consumerism
3. Pergamum: The Spirit of Coercive Power
4. Thyatira: The Spirit of Privatized Faith
5. Sardis: The Spirit of Prosperous Ease
6. Philadelphia: The Spirit of Fear
7. Laodicea: The Spirit of Self-Sufficiency
8. Transforming the Spirits
Index
Author
T. Scott Daniels
T. Scott Daniels (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is lead pastor at College Church of the Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho. He previously served as dean of the School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University and pastored First Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena.