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Parachurch as Scaffolding for City Church?

While participation in parachurch ministry offers opportunity for community across traditions and for using one’s capacities in practical action, there is much more to being church than community and practical action. This leads me to a few investigative questions: If … Continue reading

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What Difference should it make that the people in a parachurch are Church?

I work at a parachurch organization, Biola University.  It is not a church.  Still, the people, if they told the truth on the application, are church, for they trust Christ.  For those of us raised in the institutional church, this … Continue reading

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