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Gathering At God's Table

The Meaning of Mission in the Feast of Faith

by Katharine Jefferts Schori

Gathering At God's Table: The Meaning of Mission in the Feast of Faith -- By Katharine Jefferts Schori | read more»

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About the Book

In an insightful and powerful voice, Katharine Jefferts Schori explores the meaning of mission in the context of contemporary life. | read more »

About Katharine Jefferts Schori

Read more about the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and author, Katharine Jefferts Schori. | read more »

What People Are Saying...

Read what Phyllis Tickle, Walter Brueggemann, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, and other scholars, authors and clergy are saying about Gathering at God's Table. | read more »

Read the Book's Introduction

The work before us—this mission of God's—is immense, cosmic, even...it's about seeing and responding to that corporate suffering, and beginning to understand our interconnection with the other parts of the body. | read more »

Discussion Questions

View a chapter-by-chapter list of discussion questions for deeper reading and engagement with Gathering at God's Table. | read more »

A Q&A with Jefferts Schori

"Mission work is not so much about proselytization, but about transformation. Counting conversions is not the point - changing the world is - and it often happens one person at a time." | read more »

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