The Church in the Bible and the World: An International Study (Biblia.com)

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A study of the role of the church in the varied contexts of the globalised world, covering its mission, ministry, and worship, its role under persecution, the challenge of secularism and syncretism and the new hermeneutic. This collection of seven papers edited by Donald A Carson for the WEF Theological Commission’s Faith and Church Study Unit is the second in the series.

Testament roots in the gathering of Israel before the Lord at Mount Sinai. God had demanded of Pharaoh, ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the desert’ (Ex. 7:16b). That service was to be a specific gathering for worship (‘a feast unto me’, Ex. 5:1). Of course there were further implications of that demand. Pharaoh regarded the Israelites as his slaves, subject to his own divine claims. His lordship was directly challenged by God’s claim. The worship, the service of the Lord on the

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