Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-222) and index.

An interim ecclesiology -- - Movement one : Church united -- Evangelical unity -- A reformed Church -- The end of Protestantism -- -- Movement two : Church divided -- The case for denominationalism -- The case against denominationalism -- Denominationalism's dividing walls -- Intermezzo -- From glory to glory : the pattern of history -- Movement three : divided Church dissolving -- The restructuring of global Christianity -- American denominationalism and the global Church -- American denominationalism in the Twenty-First century -- Movement four : United Church reborn -- A way forward : from present to future.