(d) Finally—and perhaps most important—Paul does not impose on them a ministry chosen and trained by himself. He has his colleagues and helpers—Timothy, Titus, Tychicus, and the rest—but they are available to be sent from church to church on special missions. The local ministry of each church is formed from its own membership. In contrast to this, modern missions have insisted on the necessity for training a new kind of leadership in schools and seminaries directed by the foreign missionary on the
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