Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Flourishing in a Small Place: A Pastor’s Journey
Flourishing in a Small Place: A Pastor’s Journey
Flourishing in a Small Place: A Pastor’s Journey
Ebook345 pages5 hours

Flourishing in a Small Place: A Pastor’s Journey

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Born during the Great Depression and the height of the modernist/fundamentalist controversies, Paul Emanuel Larsen entered pastoral ministries in the late fifties. Rooted in historical evangelical theology, he embarked on church planting through expository preaching and evangelism. In the mid-sixties, he also became politically involved in the civil rights movement. For over twenty-seven years, he pastored three churches while pursuing advanced pastoral doctoral studies. In 1986, he was elected president of his denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church. During his twelve years of service, he became involved in both national and international ecumenical affairs. For twelve years, he served as chair of the Annual Meeting of all United States Church Leaders. This included heads of Roman Catholic, Orthodox, mainline Protestant, and evangelical denominations. He aided his church in its emergence from its Swedish immigrant culture and its efforts to become an ethnically inclusive church body. During his tenure, the church grew by more than 50 percent. Retiring at age sixty-five, he spent the next twenty years pursuing evangelization and social justice on behalf of more than a half billion Indian Other Backward Castes and Dalits. He was the founding chair of both Truthseekers International USA and the William Carey Heritage Foundation. The former worked among the poorest of the poor, while the latter developed the first Indian university-accredited evangelical PhD in Christian studies. This book chronicles the way one pastor has sought to navigate the harsh ongoing polarizations in theology, race, and politics.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 10, 2019
ISBN9781532674297
Flourishing in a Small Place: A Pastor’s Journey
Author

Paul Emanuel Larsen

Paul Emanuel Larsen resides with his wife Elizabeth in Rancho Mirage, California.

Related to Flourishing in a Small Place

Related ebooks

Personal Memoirs For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Flourishing in a Small Place

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Flourishing in a Small Place - Paul Emanuel Larsen

    &Oabook_preview_excerpt.html}ێǵ (E۲9&EIPS&U꼔ғ7y 0:O%;"IRUeeǾ}𻯿_ۯqX|[|o.XLXS?~Wocs?]<oXߊChv|TŲ甆&v]=󱡟~oD!N5GM&~*~knɤ=-1@v_AzH5<7|wzӿ갊No`x'|&`f@d")7Ǒ{$Tn)Y`L ~UC*C!*ٔ$p~F c9b؍ TCQ-iI9=i`m5ޏі)C6I,~~Ϡ)G7?<}6~);C86LMGbOq uQ -wqIk ];iЌPlj#&=6{w[r6qt7MѺ'`F}YS%jz)QyLO+Hqݳp?jы .bXTXz}%͊Be P㺧j(ɼ7gAC'猑 [J)7kpr|U ;rcώ08WSWj9 {H (C9P~7Uy j{ {n`ʩ?^jd Yw1Ї t.ia_GXæd挔,mC+䲚/7%+~|@Mk7yz' .}/> n1yMQ*!6a\b!? *u'`9Hq-1y/2!AΐC<BWjMXk +_}?yp֞`Z~ReQBSѬ5tٷJ:litr)Vq+<dafTŒHAj0 _ 3qJt:yL$?UE&Ox5`:.̸yp߫&hX^^hxUũc pN$v2'A|:7ZW.A.YXڷYEy3P,! fI~53EF\C)J&MNHz(`łZDyٰD~8 )4r uėF{ 릁c k_w>HF % ˦n/dca L>M!,y#l+b)(Zǃ/aW}4}xXU$E;Tȍ'ӈkS>PWn!$o :Zȿf 摜8O>MW76-ˍ ORC6{y.|0X\~|hݿ2wAƢ77>@QX>1 g5he{~ȁeCr2VqĨ2<70VM4  < M9OD7I=#Ch`>0/`(]2HU,Ap|RFwH8o7O :|KHA(w kߡ v f Alܟc-g#jMD+i Odz ,비w1J[;Y0w@>'p TF9=[<쪸&H;\txaD@?fP̙;#Bˇ)lWEĵi1Y?Dk#06s<C]3317GdTw e=*aK#*{nGQx." !y ?gQXnO)6w_H 5g ҏ yYC_2$y5uI8@k:2yƔFoŖCT5x8p5$7śu( 1[W4cBTڐ8fqX(\XbJ]6= `˳.#Tm*w+yōq*u*?B1E!osCn(>?K32ym!G>ҁL8@Z Q8f,=멗ިS?`-|SMUJU\wa {wU0G>g*{iJc/.m, C1>sND-c+Kۆm ܱjU'l0(~\pG 87- p n7踈`0%+ieg|d$@hkxG|#4:+,2-sC@dx*g GBMglA?2V:c  bo >.;y M-bi26%-Ҽ1gYڙdgj<y_ _4az.71l k/Yq{ hY UnC"c<[fOqCaFVYk&ɽJ]y73-~A"d}-n隒"S8BXbOչxL ML5ED!iT CU`^"OXJY1 XՂyOx,; ~,`(isOR`~G3Khogc mc8~MuBS X؈x{}V=ƓM(⑜fL?aJ`kYc-ӽ4#+*# 8'UXԤ-ThT}ù㯨%nW)VĽ[Mygb61VFe##O6MjG;wc"ך,pn;OJ4|̈|r\=\tIV l7>{Sbπ\T4 ҏHR<,t}4 Ō/yr(4( v[xhȥA?pNyŷ /|A4\2R\79-xitMTQ9]VZ+OvI> $EOv4CBUdaXH# 줓K)6ap)/yES9yJwmeky-]t(l:N_= i sgV8Ҏ? HQs%̀Z!4L('%mK†1 G3WY( Ge뢜icPn&0{YXy^(o8~V񗂘DrvJ|PmTo3' ڣu Ck :PYR- 3stї,!_a.aɱ*3lKeyiQR U#[bwurjld%=:I Z=[5SW <UE`؈͐tV8ڳИKHI阳<}1F 4Bh(D*L|q9(:%HL<'^oꘘ„)R9ֶJF: )^bY1>]/k;bH*쯨qgADTE\ \ d$jd60׸pWݴߍ~): ,JVgGYuB[ꊀ{;%H tdγŤ Ɩ^);dK0؟,0&O`_2$\A&'j,:pv v)u1ie&W#Փ {՚n.m8Pb"Dx" Ys`cߏMN<[rڋ;% kWO-q"~–l*k>P6_|_o*/ SL Kax6MWŏV~bRBێXqce)jp*T^2q^YNܫ*j2 ykbS`CC}4"ݦZ'`}=YduڕuUqVڄb,&5hE[s_ E#GTը4˞)I%tGE#/8ۙ>$h½rY6G.;Nqh.r߬'(kۺ*K KwpYC{\pf%R} 1>m|%ټ2:^*~Z0W9.(dM6Q&{ UKB`K耗c@=2rֽ3lܜ- . Z Z8;R܈ZX D }yʇ.qZa &./ T.ƕڒUT=@ UƖ,5zyXB\%* m;Z&|lb΁juDa-+SV+]oװt<# m+95?ās,pb+4g(J=>xA7@9 lܥ@G9Ohukc׈ }䘄 cX*ss4Xůst $ٰbh), E]<- +~r%5f)T"DIqvV 篑um`Ų8=s}E9zKQ ƫ=WRsnzKKՄ]0؋ޒGB1 JaVY.[eGeplj`2孷@;yaNQwݥp!AW1KmUv";aTӋǒ&ˌM-(db8 $R}PĵGJMn~3Q4|w+;6l!X\?8ݟ`UMi@&D?dZSMJ8V `{&+iԨ~o?>7\QLUs=ոMuH[akuܚ;*YoSL7X`k(W~n41![*wlQ0O[5S9R'5/PcWr3,8;bĂsIn Edu -֐iEߓ<ʛа L/^aoT ,26q,j~i``ꇤS\{k 4k_`s2(q,Hr i_ҽ+?$vAgk%uu@xtړهwPU!{Uu?Sx䚛!;m|Spڬ$Q ZB_98 ^#?c15VIry)S4Wc;N #6GQEA^@ys7[+!bϭgMRLxyK6L}5 VF*f:Plm/~Bj5) T)-ř7.e ,%۸ ~q9%N/vskj_)fh7~4Uz1{?(H.uLGSh7PWSSJYX̭P3L ٪vOW$d i}&hн.wǝT?<:NYsX O]Pz}PM83H( k^KDTe}@~OגX`N fNIa&&J9AWyk>W%S }y@5-L uof~?;,^ p4H ia7 FOc 2ų%X+p oR Q +U1ݓս=L9U}an458mmB~Q։9 (AF._0ĭUBթX[K0HdZ%ko5>rivWwyz/7\yPnœ^Gq]&Q.F٩1Pr_B )zR鲫l?Į?lĤLo=,ǡ?[%'-Y:[a;M2{CX]#Wvr܈pal\uv >ZtL>NfPޮqsA` ([^zpT{R¬R.f[<µ].@Yd$ʒLHplEt 6۷+M<ϳfނ/rkTo%.{j ޻?Fg,oog1l~ :+j5)Jx?rsxЕ}l #`j2rQ˨ CDI롤eBYYsFSs'Խ_.j7_?\ޏf5` !sa/~c ׺[n–[+|+p[h8TΣ.)ӛE0H>!]}Sj;w{F)qӱ$˪STƆ/؞s:-BoL:0O=x:RzZ*m`E` QC<.PկNHQXR7ZЪ3_z/RϢ{o^Kҋ6*N*BA]HgAoIo3z<͈ANu%U.ɓ osΕ2MWdx@]JeJ_[z(9lU]k]f1ڪ=R]n\s2PJ5Yq=m]ĤRocPJEudDG`nÐkjV%Br@mèC8RDيr%n+jMYH-ǽ?X,Ϩ5D@:W v>-w.Nn;ݒ`R eYfշсySzOCq}utQd>c;Np5+qа_S ]ȗ'J[9B&F7JpmxpX& H51{3g0*1LCrG0Muْ['LiP-RYTPGҲ}ts%*#sXөb#8}<]ҸI'Mjǵ4=*[Ώ=h47AeVW LnIe|+l'F ؄JJDJ;^xNJ{/~%^қh:Bf*_g/H(m?3&s1!GW{&^G Ե\(n[Out ^| 7Z? MxbT$ }d+^6.% Kyze;c9URZ 4Mn[o2Yit커3m`8 V LޢUJ ayl@f3kuwlDgإ7d|l~GHU{͂2B vKc-oyZRd/x36]Y sTA|䷖m S!=8y -7̛q I[C }=ϲJ~_bG/ЩP$X/^Hako6ve9 b={۾ie u%*NRV~q_ͳPPɗ]v݋J,honu0KfNm c\>帩:Jr c]<at>+YWRKttWu4P14 ^F}sp/աNj GZ_fsrM7Nv պ
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1