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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...

gifts needed to encourage and admonish their flocks. But the responsibility doesn’t end even with the elders. All Christians have pastoral responsibilities. Paul makes this clear in 1 Thessalonians 5:14: ‘We beseech you, brethren, warn those that are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak.’ The burden does not fall on the office-bearers: it falls on the brethren (and, of course, on the sisters as well). Many problems escalate only because those close to them choose to ignore them. If
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