The Church on the Way

Year 1982
Type Book
Genre ecclesiology
Tradition Pentecostal
Original language English

For For pastors and church members interested in how a small Pentecostal congregation grew into a large, worship-centred church; not a general study of the church.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 1 of 5 light

Hayford's story of the congregation he led in Van Nuys and what it taught him about congregational life. Of interest for the history of the charismatic megachurch.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 1 of 5
Scriptural 3 of 5
Experiential 4 of 5
Sociological 4 of 5
Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Hayford's account of the congregation he pastored in Van Nuys, California, the former First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, which grew under his leadership into The Church On The Way, one of the large congregations of the charismatic renewal. Published by Chosen Books in 1982 (and in Britain by Marshalls in 1983), it carries the subtitle Learning to Live in the Promise of Biblical Congregational Life: the story of the church is used to set out what Hayford believed a congregation formed by Scripture, worship and the Holy Spirit should look like. Library records give little beyond the publisher and length (about 196 pages), so its chapter structure is not described here.

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Catalog IDW.6659BQ.H

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