The Church God's Pilgrim People

Was the church Jesus' idea?

From huge edifices to humble storefronts, from high church Anglicans to exuberant Pentecostals, from the Middle East to Asia to Africa—can this all be the church, so varied and far flung?

From his roots in Africa, David Zac Niringiye takes us on the journey of a pilgrim people, helping us to appreciate what the church is at all times and in all places. This introduction provides a biblical theology that tells the story of the people and promise of God through Moses, of the kingdom of God in Christ, and work of his people by the Holy Spirit.

Being people on a journey means we are strangers and foreigners, yet also a people with a purpose, with a mission. We are a people who live in hope, looking forward to the justice, peace and joy God has planned.

• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: The People of God: The Church?
• 1. Becoming and Being Church, the People of God
• 2. Beginning with Moses: The Promise, the Covenants and the People of God
• 3. Israel, the Monarchy and Exile: God’s Rebellious People
• 4. Jesus, the Fulfilment of the Promise: Creating New Community
• 5. Jesus, His Disciples and Pentecost: The Birth of the New Community
• 6. In Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the Ends of the Earth: Acts of the Holy Spirit
• 7. Churches of God: Communities of the Holy Spirit
• 8. The Church: God’s New Pilgrim Community
• Bibliography