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Who, What, When, Where, Why, How Is the Church?
by Joseph D. Small
Director, Theology Worship and Education
What do we mean when we speak the word church? In everyday speech the word evokes a variety of conceptions and images that are maintained kaleidoscopically, with ever-shifting changes in pattern and hue: buildings, people, congregations, organizations, denominations, communions, and more. The situation is only marginally better when the word is used theologically, necessitating qualifiers and alternates to specify what we mean by our use of the word. [Read more] |
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