The Body of Christ in Mission: Paul’s Ecclesiology and the Role of the Church in Mission

The debate among New Testament scholars regarding the question of whether or not Paul assigns a mission mandate to the church as a body has reached a veritable impasse. This article argues that the exclusive focus on the issue of a Pauline ecclesiological mission mandate has resulted in an attenuate...

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Main Author: Liubinskas, Susann (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2013
In: Missiology
Year: 2013, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 402-415
Further subjects:B Church
B Christology
B Ecclesiology
B Evangelism
B body of Christ
B Spiritual Gifts
B Spiritual Maturity
B Metaphor
B Paul
B mission mandate
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