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• Exodus 25:2Bible Verses

  Exodus 25:2 is the verse in which God, through Moses, asks Israel for offerings to build the tabernacle and directs that offerings be received only from those who give willingly from the heart. It is frequently cited as a basis for the principle that giving should be voluntary, especially in building-fund appeals and church dedication sermons.

• Child DedicationWorship & Rites

  Child dedication is a rite in which parents present a newborn child to God and promise to raise the child in the faith, while the church blesses the child and prays for him or her.

• Solomon's PorchBible

  Solomon's Porch was a roofed colonnade along the outer court of the Jerusalem Temple in New Testament times. Scripture presents it as the place where Jesus walked during the Feast of Dedication and where the believers of the early church gathered.

• Clerical CelibacyOrganization & Polity

  Clerical celibacy is a discipline that requires members of the clergy to remain unmarried and celibate. It is most notably practiced by the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, while Protestant churches have not followed it since the Reformation.

• TheosisDoctrine & Theology

  Theosis, also called deification, is the teaching that the goal of salvation is for human beings, by the grace of God, to participate in God's life and nature and so grow into the likeness of God. It is a central concept of Eastern Orthodox soteriology.

• ChurchDoctrine & Theology

  The church is the community of those who believe in Jesus Christ. The word translates the New Testament Greek term ekklesia (an assembly of those who have been called out), and it refers first to a gathering of people rather than to a building.

• Church MinisterChurch Offices

  A church minister is a person whose principal work is ministry in the church, such as preaching, teaching, and pastoral care. In Korean Protestant usage, the associate pastors, evangelists, and others who assist the senior pastor are collectively called associate ministers.

• Church BulletinWorship & Rites

  A church bulletin is a newsletter that a church publishes every Lord's Day, containing the order of worship, sermon information, church news, and announcements.

• Church ConstitutionOrganization & Polity

  A church constitution is the foundational body of rules in which a denomination codifies its principles of confession of faith, church government, offices, worship, and discipline. Depending on the denomination, it may be called a "constitution," *The Doctrines and Discipline*, or another name.

• Church DisciplineOrganization & Polity

  Church discipline is the practice by which a church examines the sins and wrongdoing of its members or officers, urges them to repent, and, when necessary, imposes censures in accordance with its church constitution. It is also referred to as church governance or, in its judicial form, ecclesiastical trial.

• Church PolityOrganization & Polity

  Church polity refers to the systems and structures by which a church appoints its officers, makes decisions, and exercises governance and discipline. It is broadly divided into three forms: episcopal, presbyterian, and congregational.

• Church PlantOrganization & Polity

  A church plant is a newly established church, founded in an area with no church or too few churches or directed toward a new group of people; the term also refers to the process of establishing such a church. In Korean Protestant usage, it commonly denotes a church in its early years with a small congregation and a limited financial base.

• Church Planting by DivisionOrganization & Polity

  The founding of a new, independent church by an existing church (the "mother church"), which sends out some of its members, ministers, and part of its finances. Also called "daughter-church planting," it is distinct from a "church split," in which a congregation divides through conflict.

• Church BylawsOrganization & Polity

  Church bylaws are a written body of self-governing rules that set out the basic principles of a church's operation, including its purpose, membership qualifications, decision-making bodies, election of officers, and management of finances and property.

• Church YearFeasts & Seasons

  The church year is the church's calendar, which arranges a year of worship in sequence according to the life of Jesus Christ and the coming of the Holy Spirit, beginning with Advent and continuing through the season after Pentecost. It is also known as the cycle of church seasons.

• Church FinanceOrganization & Polity

  Church finance is the work and system by which a church manages the money it receives through offerings and other sources, prepares and carries out budgets, and closes its accounts. The topic includes church accounting and financial disclosure.

• Church Membership RegisterChristian Life

  A church membership register is the record of a person's status as an enrolled member of a particular church, together with that member's personal details and history of faith; the term can also refer to the membership status itself.

• Church RetreatChristian Life

  A church retreat is a gathering in which church members leave their daily routines and stay together for several days to focus on worship, prayer, Bible study, and fellowship. In Korean Protestant churches, retreats are usually held by individual church departments during school vacations.

• Church Growth in KoreaHistory

  The rapid increase in the number of Protestant church members and churches in South Korea during the industrialization and urbanization of the 1960s through the 1980s. The term also covers the slowdown and stagnation of that growth from the 1990s onward.