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• EpaphroditusPeople

  Epaphroditus was a first-century Christian whom the church at Philippi sent to deliver a gift to the imprisoned Paul and to assist him. He appears only in the Epistle to the Philippians.

• MartyrdomChristian Life

  Martyrdom is being put to death for keeping the faith or for refusing to renounce it. A person who dies in this way is called a martyr, and from its earliest days the church has remembered martyrs as examples of faith.

• PolycarpPeople

  Polycarp (c. 69–c. 155) was a second-century bishop of the church at Smyrna in Asia Minor and a martyr. He was an Apostolic Father, traditionally regarded as a disciple of the apostle John.

• Mary I of EnglandPeople

  Mary I (1516–1558) was Queen of England and Ireland (reigned 1553–1558). She restored Catholicism in England and executed Protestants, which led Protestant exiles to produce the Geneva Bible.

• Bishops' BibleBible

  The Bishops' Bible is an English Bible published in 1568 by the Church of England under the direction of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. It served as the base text for the translation of the King James Bible in 1611.

• Clement of RomePeople

  Clement of Rome was a leader of the church in Rome in the late first century and an Apostolic Father, known as the author of a letter to the church in Corinth commonly called 1 Clement. The Catholic Church counts him as the fourth pope.

• Joel OsteenPeople

  Joel Osteen (born 1963) is an American television preacher and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a megachurch in Houston, Texas. He is the author of *Your Best Life Now*, which also became widely known in Korea through its Korean translation.

• Practical TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Practical theology is a branch of theology that studies from a theological perspective the actual work of the church, including preaching, worship, pastoral ministry, education, and mission.

• EcotheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Ecotheology is a field of theology that reflects on the relationship among God, humanity, and nature and addresses the church's responsibility in the face of the environmental crisis. It is also called environmental theology.

• Acts 4Bible

  Acts 4 describes Peter and John bearing witness to the name of Jesus before the council and being released, after which the Jerusalem church prays together and shares its possessions.

• 1 Corinthians 12Bible

  1 Corinthians 12 teaches that one Spirit distributes various gifts to each person and, comparing the church to a single body with many members, calls the members to care for one another.

• Philippians 1Bible

  Philippians 1 is the chapter in which the imprisoned Paul offers thanksgiving and prayer for the church at Philippi, states that his bonds have actually advanced the gospel, expresses his resolve to magnify Christ whether in life or in death, and urges a manner of life worthy of the gospel.

• 1 Timothy 2Bible

  1 Timothy 2 is the chapter in which Paul addresses public prayer and order in the church's worship. It contains instructions on prayer for all people and for those in authority, on Christ as the one mediator, and on how men and women are to pray, adorn themselves, and learn.

• 1 Timothy 5Bible

  In this chapter Paul instructs Timothy on how to treat older and younger members of the church, widows, and elders. It addresses the care of widows who are truly without support, as well as the principles governing honor for elders and accusations against them.

• Intercessory PrayerChristian Life

  Intercessory prayer is prayer offered to God on behalf of other people, the church, the nation, and the world. It is associated with the "intercessions" named in 1 Timothy 2:1.

• National Council of Churches in KoreaInstitutions

  The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK), successor to the Korean National Christian Council founded in 1924, is a council of churches in which Korean Protestant denominations and the Korean Orthodox Church participate together.

• Christian Ethics Movement of KoreaInstitutions

  The Christian Ethics Movement of Korea (Giyunsil) is an interdenominational Christian civic organization founded in 1987 by Protestant scholars and intellectuals, including Son Bong-ho. It advocates ethical living among Christians and the restoration of the church's public trust.

• Interim Moderator of SessionOrganization & Polity

  In Presbyterian churches, an interim moderator of session is a minister whom the presbytery temporarily appoints to preside over a congregation's session when the church has no senior pastor or the session cannot otherwise be led by its pastor.

• Revelation 22:20Bible Verses

  Revelation 22:20 is the verse in which the church answers Christ's promise, "Surely I come quickly," with the prayer "Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." It is the last prayer in the Bible. Because it carries the same meaning as the early church's Aramaic prayer *Maranatha*, it is deeply cherished in the hope of the Second Coming and in Christian worship traditions.

• Romans 6:13Bible Verses

  Romans 6:13 is the verse in which Paul urges the believers in the church at Rome not to yield the members of their bodies to sin as "instruments of unrighteousness," but to yield them to God as "instruments of righteousness." It is frequently cited in discussions of the holy life of those justified by grace, that is, of sanctification and consecration.