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Renowned evangelical theologian Gerald Bray provides a clear and coherent account of the church in biblical, historical, and theological perspective. He tells the story of the church in its many manifestations through time, starting with its appearance in the New Testament, moving through centuries of persecution and triumph, and discussing how and why the ancient church broke up at the...

even over such secondary matters, and when they had the chance to impose their views on others, they did so. This was apparent in New England, where Congregationalists, who were discriminated against in the mother country, set up their own church establishment and started harassing those who failed to conform to it.2 5. The church must have an organization in which people can exercise their spiritual gifts, which include those of teaching, preaching, and pastoring. For the sake of decency and order,
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