According to the latest official figures, the popularity of Baptism is on the rise. The opportunities that this presents for mission are clear. Phillip Tovey surveys the Church's understanding and practice of baptism from the days of the New Testament to today's secular society, and explores the missional dimension of the liturgy of baptism.

Phillip Tovey

Of Water and the Spirit: Mission and the Baptismal Liturgy

List of Tables

Foreword

Terminology

Acknowledgements

Notes

1 Baptism, Mission and the Roots of Baptismal Liturgy

The baptism of Jesus and his mission

The Church and mission in Acts

Some baptismal themes in the New Testament

Rudimentary baptismal liturgy?

Baptism in the Didache

2 The Catechumenate as a Model for Mission

The catechetical process in Hippolytus

Catechumenate and mission

The case of Augustine

Mystagogy and song

Catechumenate in Anglican mission

3 The Middle Ages and Mission in a Christian Society

Growth of infant baptism

Integrated initiation with children

Disintegration of initiation

Defining baptism

Sarum

4 Reformation: Infant Baptism and Mission

The Book of Common Prayer

The catechism

Confirmation

Mission and rites of transfer

5 Adult Baptism and World Mission in Anglicanism

Baptism for those able to answer for themselves

Catechetical strategies in a new world

New thoughts on baptism in England and Scotland

The Anglicanism mission: liturgical and organizational implications

Catechumenal approaches

Rites of transfer

6 Home Mission: Developments in England

The 1928 failed prayer book

The ecumenical movement

The Lambeth Conference and Anglican documents

Internal Church of England debate

The desire for reform

7 Ely and Onwards: the Death of Christian Society

The Ely report, 1971

Ely in the synodical process

Models of initiation post Ely

The Alternative Service Book

Children and communion

Baptismal policy

Baptismal reordering

8 On the Way to Common Worship: Mission in a Postmodern World

How many routes?

On the Way (1995)

Mission in theory and practice

Common Worship – baptismal rites

9 Final Thoughts

The Anglican Communion

Mission

Liturgy

Bibliography

Major academic works

For some more specialized areas

Baptismal texts

Church of England reports

Works by Colin Buchanan

Commentaries on Common Worship

Baptismal architecture

Ecumenical works

Baptism and Bible

Orthodox and Oriental perspectives

Catechumenate

Patristic texts

Worship and mission

According to the latest official figures, the popularity of Baptism is on the rise. The opportunities that this presents for mission are clear. Phillip Tovey surveys the Church’s understanding and practice of baptism from the days of the New Testament to today’s secular society, and explores the missional dimension of the liturgy of baptism.

According to the latest official figures, the Church of England conducts over 2,600 baptisms every week and their popularity seems to be on the rise. The figures for christenings and for adult baptism alike both show an increase of around 5% on the previous year. The opportunities that this presents for mission are clear. As a teacher of ordinands and readers (who cannot officiate at baptisms but who are often involved in baptism preparation), Phillip Tovey surveys the Church's understanding and practice of the rite of baptism from the days of the New Testament to its meaning in today's secular society, and uniquely explores the missional dimension of the liturgy of baptism.

'In nine short chapters, Phillip Tovey gives a comprehensive overview of the development of the baptismal liturgy from the New Testament to the suite of services in Common Worship.' -- Christopher Irvine Church Times

Phillip Tovey is Director of Training and Warden of Readers in the Diocese of Oxford. In addition, he is a part-time lecturer at Ripon College Cuddesdon where he has taught the module on baptism for the last 10 years.

• A key resource for clergy, ordinands and readers in training. • Fills a real gap in the market for an accessible guide to the theology and practice of baptism. • Explores the different understandings of baptism through the ages and its missional potential today.

As the Church of England alone conducts more than 2500 baptisms each week and the number of adult candidates rises steadily, this robust and original study explores baptism as an expression of the church's mission. Phillip Tovey explores baptism and confirmation in the Christian tradition through the lens of a biblical theology of baptism. Beginning with the practices and liturgies of the New Testament church, he traces their development through the early Christian centuries, the Middle Ages, the Reformation and its aftermath, in the context of world mission and in the modern secular age.

'In nine short chapters, Phillip Tovey gives a comprehensive overview of the development of the baptismal liturgy from the New Testament to the suite of services in Common Worship.'

"Of Water and the Spirit" by Phillip Tovey examines baptism's role in mission within the Church of England. It covers historical practices and contemporary significance for ordinands and readers.

\["For church leaders and those involved in baptism prep", "Addresses the growing importance of baptism in mission", "You will understand baptism's significance in today's world"\]

This insightful book explores baptism's role in mission within the Christian tradition.

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