How Church and Parachurch Should Relate: Arguments for a Servant-Partnership Model
This article addresses the relationship between churches and parachurch groups and argues for a servant-partnership approach. With this model parachurch organizations work as legitimate and valuable partners with churches in ministry, but possessing a status subordinate to that of churches. This mod...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2000
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Missiology
Year: 2000, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 199-207 |
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Summary: | This article addresses the relationship between churches and parachurch groups and argues for a servant-partnership approach. With this model parachurch organizations work as legitimate and valuable partners with churches in ministry, but possessing a status subordinate to that of churches. This model is based on a claim of theological priority for the church, in both local and denominational expressions, and the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. |
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ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182960002800205 |