This Assembly of Believers: The Gifts of Difference in the Church at Prayer

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Among the symbols with which the liturgy deals, none is more important than this assembly of believers.

This claim made in the 1970s forces the local church to consider those within its congregation, and recognise the gifts and challenges of difference within the church community. In ‘This Assembly of Believers’ Bryan Cones seeks to take seriously the pastoral context of a congregation, recognising the physical ability, gender and sexuality of those who make up the congregation.

Starting each chapter with their lived experience, Cones poses important questions of the liturgy in light of these experiences before realigning the liturgy to demonstrate the positive theological significance of the marginalised within the congregation.