RELIGION / Christian Church

Paper · Semantic Scholar

Religion and social services in Nigeria has always been the subject of academic interest. Scholars have differing views about the Christian social ministry, giving special attention to the Pentecostal churches and on a narrower scale, the mega churches, as they are often accused of not sufficiently tackling the socio-economic and development challenges facing their members and the communities at large in this econom…

Reference · Wikidata

ecclesiological term

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians or the original institution established by Jesus Christ. "Christian Church" has also been used in academia as a synonym for Christianity, despite the fact that it is composed of multiple churches or denominations, many of which hold a doctrinal claim of being the one true church to the exc…

Book · DOAB

Ecclesiology is the study of the church and has two focal points; the one is the historical and doctrinal perspective on the church, and the other is the church as situated in a local context in the sense of the local practices of actual congregations. The ecclesiology or, more correctly, the ecclesiologies of this volume mainly focuses on the second aspect, i.e., understanding the local congregation or parish as a …

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA

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