| Summary: | The contributions of this volume honor the life and ministry of Frederick Richard Trost. The wide range and variety of the pieces reflect the scope and multiple facets of his ministry. He has been a pastor, author, editor, judicatory officer, denominational and ecumenical leader, theological educator, prophetic witness in national and international politics, and quickener of the conscience of a generation. His friendship and compassion have touched people in all dimensions of the life of the church and society. It is no wonder, then, that there should be such a variety of responses to what God has wrought in the ministry of Frederick Trost. Moreover, it should be no surprise that in a book celebrating his forty-year ministry that various genres appear side by side: essays of a more scholarly bent, sermons on several occasions, prayers of the people of God, and, in the epilogue, personal narratives of Frederick's ministry. The themes that emerge time and again in this book have been the daily passions of Frederick Trost: The church's faithful worship, sound theology, fellowship of love, and mission of justice to a divided and violent world.
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