Definitions
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- noun A
Christian organization that engages insocial welfare andevangelism withoutrestricting itself to a specificreligious denomination .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The New Monastic communities are not what Protestants might call parachurch organizations but are instead established as independent churches.
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The New Monastic communities are not what Protestants might call parachurch organizations but are instead established as independent churches.
Archive 2007-11-01 Fred 2007
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This has important implications for our so-called parachurch ministries.
SA Latest News Jodie McNeill 2010
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The great tragedy is when "parachurch" workers make disciples, but don't plant churches.
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You see, I'm trying to work out the value of so-called 'parachurch' organisations.
SA Latest News Jodie McNeill 2010
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The "parachurch" (I don't like the term) at its best, is the inheritor of the New Testament model of mobile missionary bands.
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And since I minister in a 'parachurch' organisation, I'm setting myself up for a fall … or a hole in the foot.
SA Latest News Jodie McNeill 2010
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Rather, the 'parachurch' must come second to the (local) church.
SA Latest News Jodie McNeill 2010
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By definition, a 'parachurch' is an organisation that works in parallel with a church.
SA Latest News Jodie McNeill 2010
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The Salvation Army as a "parachurch" organization has probably done more to help all mankind than an other in the world! combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh.
Latest Articles The American Minute by William J Federer 2010
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