TY  - BOOK
AU  - Piragine Jr., Paschoal 
TI  - Characteristics of a Relevant Church  Confronting the Missionary Needs In the City of Curitiba, Brazil
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Johannesburg 
PB  - South African Theological Seminary
KW  - Missions
KW  - Practical Theology
N2  - This study aims to try to understand how a local church may be relevant in the context  of  the  city  of  Curitiba.  The  research  tries  to  discover  elements  of relevance that can be perceived through the social sciences in the presence of the  church  in  society.  It  looks  at  the  history  of  the  church  in  Brazil  seeking  to understand whether the sense of relevance is unique, or if it undergoes changes as  social  dynamics  change,  and  whether  there  are  preponderant  contours  that are able to withstand time. In biblical terms, starting from the biblical images of the church in the New Testament, it attempts to delineate the sense of relevance identified in them. Through selected theologians in historical periods and distinct contexts, it seeks theoretical paradigms of the relevance of the church. Finally, it focuses  on  research  in  order to understand  the  city  of  Curitiba,  its  soul  and  its missionary  needs  in  order  to  propose  actions  of  relevance  obtained  through previous studies
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