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Jesus promised that as long as the earth remains His Church will continue. When we survey the Church and how it relates to the world sometimes we have to wonder why he would bother. The Church is not a building, nor is it a structure of government; it is a body of believers. Christians make up the Church, and it is our responsibility to prayerfully think through how the Church can address its...

‘feel this is what they should be doing’. This creates its own dangers, not least for the concept of the ministry itself. In America, particularly, many have abandoned a ministry of the word for a ministry of counselling. This leads, in turn, to pressure for changes in ministerial training. The traditional curriculum, with its emphasis on biblical and theological studies, prepared men to preach. Now there is an increasing demand for men trained to counsel and for a curriculum weighted in favour of
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