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- |Citation = Bedru, Hussein. "Polygamy-An Ethical Case Study" Mission Focus 10 (2002): 81-92. [[Category:Mission Focus]]299 bytes (30 words) - 19:11, 21 March 2016
- |Citation = Shenk, Wilbert. Mission in Global Perspective |Link = [[Media:Vol. 13 Shenk, Wilbert. Mission in Global Perspective.pdf]]219 bytes (23 words) - 13:18, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Sawatsky, Walter. Mennonites and Mission in Eurasia |Link = [[Media:Vol. 13 Sawatsky, Walter. Mennonites and Mission in Eurasia.pdf]]231 bytes (25 words) - 13:16, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Rempel, Abe & Zacharias, Ed. Mexican Mennonites and Mission-Report ...acharias, Mexican Mennonites and Mission-Report.pdf|Mexican Mennonites and Mission]]310 bytes (32 words) - 18:12, 9 June 2015
- ...al Theological Education - The Meserete Kristos Church Experience' Mission Focus 5 (1997): 23-46. [[Category:Mission Focus]]381 bytes (40 words) - 19:11, 21 March 2016
- |Citation = Charles, J. Robert. Mennonite Mission Network in Europe |Link = [[Media:Vol. 12 Charles, J. Robert. Mennonite Mission Network in Europe.pdf]]239 bytes (27 words) - 13:03, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Ramseyer, Robert. Pluralism and Christian Mission |Link = [[Media:Vol. 5 Ramseyer, Pluralism and Christian Mission.pdf]]218 bytes (22 words) - 13:14, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Franz, Werner. Mission and Business-A Paraguayan Mennonite Perspective |Link = [[Media:Vol. 15 Franz, Werner. Mission and Business-A Paraguayan Mennonite Perspective.pdf]]299 bytes (30 words) - 13:05, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Shetler, Jan & Whiteman, Darrell. Responses to Mission in Global Perspective |Link = [[Media:Vol. 13 Shetler, Jan & Whiteman, Darrell. Responses to Mission in Global Perspective.pdf]]281 bytes (31 words) - 13:18, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Heisey, Nancy. The Non-Pauline Mission in the New Testament |Link = [[Media:Vol. 13 Heisey, Nancy. The Non-Pauline Mission in the New Testament.pdf]]247 bytes (29 words) - 13:07, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Shank, David. John Howard Yoder, Strategist for Mission with African-Initiated Churches |Link = [[Media:Vol. 15 Shank, David. John Howard Yoder, Strategist for Mission with African-Initiated Churches.pdf]]303 bytes (33 words) - 13:17, 15 July 2010
- Citation: Shenk, David. Mennonites and Mission in Euro-Central Asia ...enk, David. Mennonites and Mission in Euro-Central Asia.pdf|Mennonites and Mission in Euro-Central Asia]]254 bytes (31 words) - 20:21, 18 December 2014
- ...e Eastern Wollega Region - The Meserete Kristos Church Experience" Mission Focus 10 (2002): 61-80. [[Category:Mission Focus]]487 bytes (60 words) - 19:10, 21 March 2016
- |Citation = Sawatsky, Walter. Reflections on Church, Mission and Society in the Former Soviet Union Today |Link = [[Media:Vol. 2 Sawatsky, Reflections on Church, Mission and Society in the Former Soviet Union Today.pdf]]334 bytes (41 words) - 13:16, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Stucky, Peter. The Call to Mission-Reflections and Challenges From an Anabaptist Biblical Perspective |Link = [[Media:Vol. 16 Stucky, Peter. The Call to Mission-Reflections and Challenges From an Anabaptist Biblical Perspective.pdf]]361 bytes (40 words) - 13:19, 15 July 2010
- Klassen, Heinrich. Mission as Bearing Witness-Immigrant Witness in Germany ...sen, Heinrich. Mission as Bearing Witness-Immigrant Witness in Germany.pdf|Mission as Bearing Witness-Immigrant Witness in Germany]]313 bytes (35 words) - 17:48, 22 December 2014
- |Citation = Sawatsky, Walter. Elusive Road to Mutuality in Global Mennonite Mission ...= [[Media:Vol. 10 Sawatsky, Elusive Road to Mutuality in Global Mennonite Mission.pdf]]263 bytes (30 words) - 13:16, 15 July 2010
- ...rubacher, Ray. The Globalization of Theological Education and of Christian Mission ...an Mission.pdf|The Globalization of Theological Education and of Christian Mission]]357 bytes (41 words) - 21:01, 22 December 2014
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- ...r. But if It Dies, It Bears Much Fruit-A Word for North American Mennonite Mission Agencies ...r. But if It Dies, It Bears Much Fruit-A Word for North American Mennonite Mission Agencies.pdf]]335 bytes (45 words) - 13:15, 15 July 2010
- ...shimika, Pakisa. Response to Elusive Road to Mutuality in Global Mennonite Mission ...ol. 10 Tshimika, Response to Elusive Road to Mutuality in Global Mennonite Mission.pdf]]287 bytes (34 words) - 13:19, 15 July 2010
- |Citation = Park, Young-Whan. David J. Bosch, The Korean Church and World Mission ...:Vol. 11supp Park, Young-Whan. David J. Bosch, The Korean Church and World Mission.pdf]]304 bytes (38 words) - 13:13, 15 July 2010
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- ..."Toward a Mennonite Brethren in Christ Missiology for Thailand." ''Mission Focus'' 1994 (Vol. 2): 139-148.]] ...imenhaga. "Pentecostals and the Brethren in Christ in Bulawayo." ''Mission Focus'' 2005 (Vol. 13): 31-41.]]2 KB (302 words) - 20:03, 18 April 2019
- SCOTTDALE, Pa. (Mennonite Mission Network) — Nine-year-old Braden Fox, along with friends Regis and Lucas K The sale of water balloons contributed to Mennonite Mission Network’s mission bank project in which Scottdale Mennonite Church participated this past yea5 KB (872 words) - 20:34, 31 March 2015
- LA MESA, Colombia (Mennonite Mission Network) – The streets of La Mesa, Cundinamarca, in Colombia were transfo ...ristian Service programs, invites young adults ages18-30 to take a year to focus on faith formation and leadership development. Teams spend 10 months servin4 KB (644 words) - 14:44, 1 April 2015
- FORMOSA, Argentina (Mennonite Mission Network) — After years of work parsing words and debating cultural interp ...t, workers on the Mennonite team in the Chaco since 1971 through Mennonite Mission Network, spent two weekends in October traveling to Pilagá communities to3 KB (427 words) - 14:12, 1 April 2015
- CUAUHTÉMOC, Mexico (Mennonite Mission Network) — Representatives of the six Mexican Mennonite conferences had m ...were the main speakers. Byler emphasized that Anabaptists must return to a focus on Jesus’ life and teachings as a primary model. Participants discussed h6 KB (829 words) - 17:04, 1 April 2015
- Martens wrote ''God's Design: A Focus on Old Testament Theology'' (4th ed. 2015) published in the U.S. (Wipf & St ...desire to see believers maturing in Christ in order to carry forward God's mission. He was married to Phyllis Hiebert Martens, herself a writer, and together2 KB (338 words) - 15:52, 22 September 2016
- reasons. In my own experience, I can identify three focus areas for my own motivation for mission.6 KB (1,058 words) - 19:29, 7 May 2015
- ...tion of African Christianity established by Africans separate from Western mission agencies. ...For instance, there is a distinct emphasis on the Holy Spirit, a shift in focus from the emphasized Christology of Western Christianity. This spiritual emp6 KB (897 words) - 13:59, 24 June 2010
- ...aiti began in 1948 when four Canadian Mennonites came with the West Indies Mission. Ten years later, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) became the first Mennon .... 22</ref>It is a concern of the Hunsbergers that many Mennonites in Haiti focus on evangelism and baptism without communicating sufficiently, if at all, th9 KB (1,414 words) - 16:57, 22 September 2016
- should be the main focus of one's life if you are a devoted Christian. With that focus comes an understanding, in my case, that money and material6 KB (1,186 words) - 19:31, 7 May 2015
- ...e goal, and that whether its in the suffering churches of Zimbabwe, or the mission outreaches in Paraguay, or the socially conservative congregations of Lanca ...can imagine myself being involved in or supporting the church’s relief or mission efforts for most of my life. I see both the local, and the global church as6 KB (1,001 words) - 19:12, 7 May 2015
- ...er missionaries (Hoekema 44). Russian Mennonite missionaries joined in the mission in the 1880s, followed by German Mennonites in the 1920s and Swiss Mennonit As a former mission church, GITJ has historical connections with the Dutch Mennonite church, bu14 KB (2,175 words) - 13:58, 17 March 2016
- Another focus of the church is to promote community and interfaith peace. The church has ...profound ways. In regards to Christian discipleship, the church places a focus on daily bible reading and prayer including family prayer, individual, fast7 KB (993 words) - 13:31, 16 September 2016
- ...Board of Missions was complete.<ref name="bop" /> Under their new status, mission work could expand into education and evangelism which they immediately took ...or transition point in the history of MKC occurred in 1964 when the former mission-directed organization was dissolved and the first church constitution was a21 KB (3,105 words) - 18:15, 18 November 2022
- ...uld be interested in Christ. Next year, two families come to take over the mission work as a part of EMBMC: Allen and Elsie Shirk, and Ira and Evelyn Kurtz. W ...rom EMBMC arrive in Hong Kong and begin preparation work for expanding the mission work. Mennonites are late to the game in Hong Kong compared to other denomi9 KB (1,373 words) - 14:22, 7 October 2016
- The theme was “Peacemaking, Reconciliation and Mission.” The potential role for the Association in networking and providing reso ...009:''' The AAANZ executive committee felt the need to clarify its vision, mission and values and then to produce an operational manual. The core values were18 KB (2,625 words) - 18:10, 5 October 2016
- ...irst part. The theme of the prologue is the rebellion of God's people. The focus of this rebellion is ethical transgression alongside of solemn worship. The There is a shift of focus in the second part of the book. Instead of centering on the judgment and re16 KB (2,624 words) - 14:53, 4 August 2023
- ...any years, no Mennonite church existed in Cambodia until Eastern Mennonite Mission (EMM) began its work there. Three factors all converged at the same time c ...k into EMM because their vision for church planting did not fit with MCC's mission.19 KB (3,043 words) - 19:19, 26 July 2010
- ==== Early Congolese mission attempt ==== ...an Presbyterians and a Congolese evangelist, Mutombo, they established two mission posts, Kalamba Mukenge and Djoko Punda. Successful missions were marked by23 KB (3,569 words) - 20:27, 10 October 2016
- ...r. Patricia McFarlane and Stanley Green. Perf. Pastor Leon Pula. Mennonite Mission Network, 2006. DVD.</ref> Most recently, the Grace Community Church in Sout ...r. Patricia McFarlane and Stanley Green. Perf. Pastor Leon Pula. Mennonite Mission Network, 2006. DVD.</ref> Pastor Pula continues to be a well known leader w13 KB (2,073 words) - 04:26, 19 April 2011
- ...and trusted leadership. This is not to say that these essentials of faith, mission and leadership have not been basic to Mennonite Brethren vision in the past ...commitment to a common confession and mission. The unity of confession and mission we seek can only be realized as Mennonite Brethren leaders agree with one a15 KB (2,386 words) - 20:11, 9 September 2013
- *[[Mission worker buried among people he loved in Argentina]] *[[Mission without conquest/Misión sin conquista]]21 KB (3,164 words) - 13:40, 3 October 2016
- ...onite church risks becoming spiritually impoverished. It has ceased being mission-minded – in some circles, there is an almost antagonism felt towards miss ...within this community is irresponsible and apathetic of me. I should not focus on all that I see happening within the Mennonite church that I disagree wit9 KB (1,452 words) - 19:15, 7 May 2015
- ...tions, conferences, and churchwide agencies need to recover the vision and focus on the witness which brings people to faith and commitment to Jesus Christ. ...ment emerged from a call within the Mennonite Church for a fresh spirit of mission within the church. The document was developed within the Mennonite Board of8 KB (1,247 words) - 11:33, 6 September 2013
- ...nferences on the food crisis be called under the auspices of MCC and other mission or church agencies that may be interested. Stewardship would be a part of s ...entral Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]]'s desire to focus more attention on long-term development in addition to crisis food relief.6 KB (875 words) - 20:59, 9 September 2013
- ...Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions]], Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, and [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Commit ...s adopted on August 29, 1986, by representatives of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Mennonite Central Committee.)11 KB (1,811 words) - 11:40, 6 September 2013
- ...s. The major differences between them was the views on social activism and mission.The Beachy Amish Mennonites are a third generation Amish Mennonites who cam ...'1950s and 1960s''', the Beachy Amish-Mennonites adopted an evangelical / mission orientation, appealing to ex-Amish sympathizing with this orientation.13 KB (1,962 words) - 13:45, 3 October 2016
- ...ommunities outside of Europe and North America, JVC is not the result of a mission plant. Rather, JVC began out three years of intensive study by Korean Chris ...p://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/M576ME.html Commission on Overseas Mission] (COM). Through Burton's bible studies Lee encountered Anabaptist texts, l15 KB (2,135 words) - 16:25, 27 March 2014
- ...enonita Paraguaya (CONEMPAR)." <i>Mennonite Mission Network.</i> Mennonite Mission Network, 2014. Web. 01 Nov. 2014.</ref> In 2012, the conference included 47 ...to modern Mennonite conferences in Paraguay. Later, it was responsible for mission work to indigenous peoples, Paraguayans of Hispanic descent, and poor Germa17 KB (2,463 words) - 15:30, 3 October 2016
- ...gle.<ref>Robert Reese, “History of Protestant Missions in Zimbabwe,” World Mission Associates, ...a, Daryl. "Pentecostals and the Brethren in Christ in Bulawayo." ''Mission Focus'' v.13 (2005): 31-41.]]10 KB (1,423 words) - 15:00, 22 September 2016
- ...very against mission work unless it was done through MCC. I also tended to focus more on issues of social justice without concern for the religious reasons6 KB (1,141 words) - 19:17, 7 May 2015
- ...nonite Brethren Missionaries decided that Osaka was going to be their main mission field. ...mbers have also become more wealthy which causes them to have less time to focus on the church. Within the Japanese Mennonite Brethren Church, several othe7 KB (1,033 words) - 02:19, 6 October 2016
- *[[Mennonite Mission Network]] ...ary and Archives]] in [[North Newton, Kansas]]. Respectively, these sites focus primarily on the documents pertaining to the (now combined under Mennonite8 KB (1,092 words) - 18:38, 4 October 2011
- ...erfaith organization of seventeen different Ghanian Churches, whose shared focus is advocacy of social and economic justice, human and gender rights and int ...financial aid to the developing church. Their concern was that MBM’s other mission involvements in Ghana, such as its work with the African Independent Church18 KB (2,890 words) - 21:10, 10 October 2016
- This group began in 1972 as an outgrowth of Conservative Mennonite Fellowship mission work. Using airplanes to reach isolated areas in the roadless interior of t ...ut to San Bartolome with the intent to scout the area and possibly begin a mission.<ref>Sharp, Urie. Under His Wings. Christian Light Publications. 2002.</ref21 KB (3,374 words) - 14:54, 3 October 2016
- ...nnonite Church gathered in Colorado for a consultation. The clearly stated focus was to have male church leaders confront the violence being perpetrated aga ...rcle through care of victims and survivors" are in the WMSC and Women in ''Mission resource packet 1991-92''. See also ''Sexual abuse in Christian homes and c7 KB (1,047 words) - 18:35, 6 April 2015
- ...ining Center for Girls in 1926 (Lageer, 1979). In 1927, Woods baptized the mission’s first convert (Lageer, 1979). Recognizing the need for medical assistan ...English-speaking churches, and one Telugu-speaking church emerged from the mission’s efforts in Calcutta (Asheervadam, I. P. et al., 2011). BJCPM continues22 KB (3,295 words) - 13:32, 16 September 2016
- ...ur understanding of God, His redemptive purpose in Christ and our task and mission in the world. Because our God is a speaking God, His revelation is both pro ...types and anti-types; shadows and reality. Both Testaments find a central focus and finality in Christ. This Christo-centricity is to guide our interpretat9 KB (1,432 words) - 00:10, 11 September 2013
- ...ation Center) in Lamau, Bucloc, which is in use to this day. Though their focus was not on missions, the service of the MCC workers attracted some locals t ...ies (EMBMC) sent James Metzler who went on to form 22 pioneer churches and mission points. By 1978, MNI had 2,000 believers, 22 congregations, and 48 supporte12 KB (1,841 words) - 18:43, 14 November 2016
- ...6.</ref>By 1969, the EMBMC [now EMM] pointed out the need for reducing the mission’s control and allowing the “Africanization” of church leadership, ass ...nterpreted for the missionaries during church services. In 1940, the fifth mission station was opened in [[Nyabasi, Tanzania]], near the Kenyan border. The mi29 KB (4,258 words) - 15:28, 17 December 2013
- ...ference history to effect His purposes and that He still has a significant mission and destiny for us as we follow His leading.</li> <li type="1">We recognize ...(5) where Christians, individually and together, recover a divine sense of mission in the world.13 KB (2,059 words) - 20:14, 12 September 2013
- ...1924 owned 87,000 acres of land in Honduras.<ref>Jaime Prieto Valladores, Mission and Migration: Global Mennonite History (Kitchener, ON: Good Books, 2010), .... Thus, when the Mennonite Church was established in Honduras, the primary focus was placed on the northern part of the country.<ref>Grace A. Wenger, Easter32 KB (4,833 words) - 15:11, 3 October 2016
- ...IEMG began as a result of mission work by the Eastern Mennonite Board of Mission and Charities (EMBM) ([http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/M46610ME. ...ce. According to Janet Marie Breneman, Villeda brought a greater sense of mission and overall unity to the church.31 KB (4,425 words) - 19:15, 26 July 2010
- ...ident that the hymns are not incidental to the content of Revelation. They focus a central message of Revelation that all must choose to worship God or the ...he completed work of Christ’s redemption on the cross and still incomplete mission of the faithful to bear witness against sin and Satan carries considerable9 KB (1,367 words) - 20:39, 21 January 2022
- ...olving the end problem and not preventing the initial problem, was a large focus of the workers. After World War two ended, many Mennonites stayed, began ch True to Mennonite mission tradition, the Aibonito church tries involve and invest itself in the welfa20 KB (3,305 words) - 13:32, 3 October 2016
- ...idence that the author was well versed in Jewish traditions, supportive of mission to Gentiles, fluent in Greek, poetically gifted, and well organized as a te ...in word and deed as well as varied responses to that proclamation. A third focus begins in 16:21 without canceling the previous two: “From that time on, J31 KB (4,920 words) - 21:28, 25 March 2024
- ...resurrection Jesus does, in fact, renew the invitation to discipleship and mission (14:28; 16:7). Disciples who fail are always given second chances. Both Pet ...asure house of themes that have been emphasized by Anabaptists. The strong focus on the importance and the challenges of discipleship as well as the announc22 KB (3,546 words) - 19:37, 4 August 2023
- ...to think of Ephesians as emerging somewhere within the environs of Paul’s mission in Asia Minor and intended for a wide readership in that orbit. The comment ...are to “walk” in a way that is worthy of their high calling, identity, and mission.32 KB (5,197 words) - 16:52, 19 March 2024
- ...h Paul sees in God’s call to Abraham to be a blessing to the nations. This mission is hindered by a requirement like circumcision, which creates a barrier bet ...ing in the Law itself. He is, however, deeply concerned that the teachers’ focus on the Law is shifting the Galatians’ attention away from the Spirit to t19 KB (3,368 words) - 20:21, 21 January 2022
- ...truggle. In apocalyptic writings, warfare belongs to God, with the primary focus on a cataclysmic final battle that ends all wars. In the New Testament, con ...hat of the flood (6:5). Unlike the times of the Chronicler, the nature and mission of the church is such that it has no direct engagement in temporal rule. Hi12 KB (2,039 words) - 00:25, 21 January 2022
- ...t, patient Servant of the Lord who according to Isaiah 53 accomplishes his mission by suffering and dying rather than by killing others. ...ign” is used in Exodus in connection with the preparation of Moses for his mission when he inquires as to whether his people in Egypt will believe him (Ex. 4:30 KB (5,061 words) - 02:52, 31 August 2022
- ...ction and encouragement. The Believers Church vision of communal life and mission resonates with Paul’s longing for the church to continue to be faithful w ...ouragement (4:1-5:22). Thematically the section '''4:1-12''' continues to focus on love. Faithfulness within sexual relationships needs to be characterize21 KB (3,212 words) - 20:10, 4 August 2023
- ...ry project] that includes five books tracing the "origins, development and mission of the Anabaptist-related churches [in [[Africa]], [[Asia and Pacific|Asia] At the fifth Mennonite World Conference in Basel, the focus of the gathering shifted away from a celebration of shared historical herit16 KB (2,201 words) - 15:36, 20 December 2023
- ...The range of the Spirit's work in the church is as broad as its life. The focus of this study is limited to issues related more or less closely to the char 3. The Spirit is closely tied to the person and mission of Christ. Although the dispensation of the Spirit follows the historical m41 KB (6,804 words) - 21:05, 9 September 2013
- Now, six weeks after our arrival on the mission field, I am discovering how helpless I really am. ...E OMNIPOTENCE. For a number of years, ugly but absurd rumors about the AMA mission churches had been circulated by a few people. Things like: “These white33 KB (6,196 words) - 14:43, 17 March 2016
- ...visions for a worldwide cosmic mission of God and his people. Instead of a focus on Davidic messianism, they saw the whole world as God's domain. For them, ...all is to faithfulness. The vision is for the end of the days (10:14). The focus is on the people of God and their beautiful land (11:16, 41). The message e28 KB (4,494 words) - 17:37, 4 August 2023
- ...’ story through the careful selection of a limited number of episodes that focus upon dialogues with individuals, believers are invited to explore their own :Jesus’ Peace Mission: Savior of the World, 4:4-5434 KB (5,531 words) - 02:46, 28 January 2024
- ...mes with other ordained leaders. They met to develop common strategies for mission and evangelism, or to seek agreement on doctrinal and moral issues. They ha ...rch would also apply to the areas of mission, doctrine, and practice. They focus, however, on the nature of church authority and leadership authority in the127 KB (19,470 words) - 12:21, 4 September 2013
- ...drian Suryajaya sees the award as a recognition of the importance of PPC’s mission work, noting, “Christians are called to being God’s love, passion, and Given the high emphasis Philadelphia Praise Center places on mission and aid to the community, I expect that they will continue to play a key ro47 KB (6,041 words) - 19:10, 15 December 2021
- ...of the Word (the Church), as a dimension of its ministry in the world (the Mission).</blockquote> .... Much of what I say then could be read as teaching-preaching, although my focus here is deliberately on “pulpit ministry” or its equivalent.26 KB (4,248 words) - 12:03, 25 February 2017
- 44. ------. ''God’s Design: A Focus on Old Testament Theology''. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981. 81. Loewen, Jacob A. “The Bible on the Mission Field.” ''MennLife'' 19(July 1964), 124-28.15 KB (1,843 words) - 21:31, 18 August 2015
- ...ry (Acts 2:23; Ephesians 3:9, 11). God and His self-revelation are best in focus when viewed through Jesus Christ. ...e Spirit is directed toward giving the new community power for the task of mission. The church is not made a power among the powers of the world. Rather, the53 KB (8,895 words) - 18:44, 6 April 2015
- :'''E. Central Focus: The Book of Comfort (30–33) ...wn as “The book of Comfort.” In these four chapter there is an alternating focus on (1) returning to the Lord (Jer 30:3a), and (2) returning to the land (Je42 KB (6,381 words) - 17:35, 4 August 2023
- '''Dialogical Style'''. Paul uses two key dialogical devices to clarify and focus his argument and exposition (Toews 2004: 374, on the “diatribe” form).<74 KB (11,015 words) - 02:45, 5 October 2023
- <blockquote>Historical criticism in the service of the gospel and the mission of the church is the ecclesiastical ideal. Historical criticism in the serv ...significant contribution--which confronts us also as necessity--falls into focus. The diversity of Scripture in its particularized historical and cultural e69 KB (10,436 words) - 03:03, 31 August 2022
- ...al Exodus text? Commentators vary in their assessments. Historical critics focus on the prehistory of our extant canonical text, attempting to find explanat ==== Anticipation: Focus on Moses, 1:1–7:7 ====92 KB (14,609 words) - 17:26, 4 August 2023
- ...he was dissatisfied with free-church Christianity, which seemed to him to focus unhealthily on personal salvation while avoiding the demands of Jesus in th ...Hutterian church and given responsibility for the German Bruderhof and for mission in Europe.25 KB (4,345 words) - 15:41, 17 March 2016
- ...oes on in all disciplines that deal with texts or with people, its primary focus in theology is, of course, the Bible. How can this collection of writings f ...se of the resurrection. But it gives this not only as insight, but also as mission.60 KB (9,341 words) - 02:55, 31 August 2022
- ...and calcified dogma. Yet this same release often takes place today on the mission fields of South America where new converts find great joy as the biblical t The focus of the Spiritualist attack came on the observance of the sacraments. There42 KB (6,998 words) - 02:45, 31 August 2022
- ...iscussion of the relationship of salvation and healing, see "The Church in Mission" (Article 10), Commentary paragraph 3. Our ultimate salvation lies in the p ...r than on the power or benevolence of government, for its preservation and mission.139 KB (22,746 words) - 16:34, 25 October 2019
- ...its current form is authoritative Scripture. Hence, interpretation should focus on the meaning of the words rather than their reputed origins. ...mpleted book, there is no possibility of avoiding disaster. Amos's primary mission is to announce God's punishment and the reasons for it rather than calling36 KB (5,716 words) - 17:54, 4 August 2023
- ...tory which makes Jerusalem the hinge between the Galilean ministry and the mission of the church from Jerusalem to the end of the earth (symbolized by Paul in ...author, is a microscopic and important part of interpretation. The central focus is on the lexical, grammatical, and stylistical characteristics of the text46 KB (7,350 words) - 02:59, 31 August 2022
- ...strain someone who is about to do harm to his or herself or to others. The focus of the activity and possible discussion is not simply about war but about a its preservation and mission.49 KB (8,636 words) - 18:21, 29 November 2016