women into a visible fellowship with a view to carrying out God’s will in the world” (Newbigin 1969, 97). This is in part because “the New Testament knows nothing of a relationship with Christ which is purely mental and spiritual, unembodied in any of the structures of human relationship” (106). The church remains God’s primary agent to accomplish his purposes in this age. The planting and growth of Christ-centered, Bible-believing, Spirit-filled churches is God’s chosen way to multiply a witness
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