Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations vii
List of Contributors xi
Introduction John P. Harrison James D. Dvorak xiii
1 Matthews Vision for Jesus' Community of Disciples John P. Harrison 1
2 Ecclesiology in the Gospel of Mark Mark Rapinchuk 26
3 The Church in Luke-Acts George Goldman II 41
4 The Church in the Gospel and Epistles of John Thomas H. Olbricht 61
5 The Church in Romans and Galatians Stanley E. Porter 85
6 The Community of the Followers of Jesus in 1 Corinthians Eckhard J. Schnabel 103
7 Heaven Can't Wait: The Church in Ephesians and Colossians Curt Niccum 130
8 "In the Churches of Macedonia": Implicit Ecclesiology in Paul's Letters to the Thessalonians and Philippians Jeffrey Peterson 148
9 Ecclesiology in the Pastoral Epistles Christopher R. Hutson 164
10 Left Behind? The Church in the Book of Hebrews Cynthia Long Westfall 189
11 The Community of Believers in James William R. Baker 208
12 Called to Be Holy: Ecclesiology in the Petrine Epistles Allen Black 226
13 The Church in the Apocalypse of John Olutola K. Peters 243
Modern Author Index 269
Scripture and Ancient Sources Index 275