Date of Award
4-2005
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Department
Divinity College
Supervisor
Ken Morgan
Language
English
Abstract
This thesis was born out of questions raised in a New Church Development setting about how best, if at all, to develop a piece of property. The community of goods passages, located in Acts 2: 42-47 and Acts 4:32-35, formed the theological foundation. Three congregations were visited and subjects interviewed in each setting. These settings all combined housing for senior citizens with a church sanctuary, so that the needs of the worshipping community, and the particular needs of a segment ofthe larger community could both be met. The assumption was made that Faith United, as the New Church development project is now called, might opt to erect something similar.
Recommended Citation
Grieve-Deslippe, Nadene, "The Community of Goods: An Ideal Whose Time Has Come" (2005). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 7046.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/7046
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