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Book Reviews / Mission Studies 26 (2009) 103–150 105 Th e Ministry of the Missional Church: A Community Led by the Spirit . By Craig van Gelder. Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, Baker Books 2007. Pp. 204. $16.99. Th e Ministry of the Missional Church follows up van Gelder’s previous volume Th e Essence of the Church: A Community Created by the Spirit (2000), which argued that the church was essentially missional and should develop in line with its mission. Here Van Gelder builds on those earlier ideas to look at how the church puts its missional character into practice. First,