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• Caesarea

  [Bible]

  Caesarea was a Roman-era port city on the Mediterranean coast where, according to Acts, Cornelius was converted and Paul was held in custody for two years. It is distinct from Caesarea Philippi in the northern interior.

• Deposition (Church Discipline)

  [Organization & Polity]

  Deposition (Korean *myeonjik*) is a form of church discipline in which an officer such as a minister, elder, or deacon is stripped of the office itself. It is distinct from excommunication, which also removes church membership.

• Asia (Roman Province)

  [Bible]

  Asia was a Roman province in western Asia Minor during the New Testament period. Centered on Ephesus, it was the region where Paul carried out an extended ministry and where the seven churches of Revelation were located. It is distinct from the modern continent of Asia.

• Laity

  [Church Offices]

  The laity are the ordinary members of a church, as distinct from ministers (clergy) such as pastors and evangelists. In Korean churches, officers such as elders, kwonsa (exhorters), and deacons are usually counted among the laity as well.

• Immaculate Conception

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The Immaculate Conception is the Catholic doctrine that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception. It is distinct from the Virgin Birth, the teaching that Mary bore Jesus as a virgin.

• Love Feast

  [Worship & Rites]

  The love feast (Korean *aechan*, 愛餐) is a communal meal that believers in the early church shared as an expression of love and fellowship. It is distinct from the Lord's Supper, and in Korean churches the term usually refers to a meal that church members share after worship.

• Gath-hepher

  [Bible]

  Gath-hepher was a town in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun in southern Galilee. Second Kings 14:25 identifies it as the hometown of the prophet Jonah. It is distinct from Gath, the Philistine city.

• Philip the Evangelist

  [People]

  Philip the Evangelist appears in the Acts of the Apostles as one of "the seven" chosen in the early Jerusalem church. He preached the gospel in Samaria and baptized the Ethiopian eunuch. He is distinct from Philip the Apostle.

• Perichoresis

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Perichoresis is a theological term expressing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit of the Trinity, while distinct from one another, dwell in one another and exist as one. In Korean it is commonly rendered as sangho naeju, "mutual indwelling."

• Old Earth Creationism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Old earth creationism is the view that affirms God's creation of the world while accepting the age of the universe and the earth proposed by science, which is billions of years. It is distinct from young earth creationism and from theistic evolution.

• Perea

  [Bible]

  Perea was the name used in the New Testament era for the region east of the Jordan River. It was ruled by Herod Antipas, and the Gospels refer to it as "beyond the Jordan." It is distinct from Berea in the book of Acts.

• Jeremiah (of Libnah)

  [People]

  Jeremiah of Libnah was the father of Hamutal, the wife of King Josiah of Judah, and the maternal grandfather of Kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. He is distinct from the prophet Jeremiah, who bore the same name.

• Church Planting by Division

  [Organization & 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.

• Joseph (Son of Jacob)

  [People]

  Joseph is a figure in the Book of Genesis, the son of Jacob and Rachel. Sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, he rose to become the country's chief administrator and saved his family during a famine. He is distinct from Joseph of Nazareth, the legal father of Jesus.

• Carmel (Judah)

  [Bible]

  Carmel (Judah) was a town in the southern hill country of Judah, near Maon and south of Hebron. Saul set up a monument there, and it is the setting of the story of Nabal and Abigail. It is distinct from Mount Carmel in the north.

• Nabal

  [People]

  Nabal was a wealthy man from Maon, described in 1 Samuel 25, who insultingly refused David's request. He escaped David's retaliation through the intercession of his wife Abigail but died about ten days later.

• 2 John 1:6

  [Bible Verses]

  Second John 1:6 states that love consists in walking according to God's commandments, and that the commandment is to walk in love, as the readers have heard from the beginning. The verse is frequently cited for defining love and obedience in terms of each other.

• Small Group

  [Christian Life]

  A small group is a gathering within a church in which anywhere from a few to a dozen or so members meet regularly to share Scripture, pray, and care for one another. Depending on the church and denomination, such groups are called districts (guyeok), classes (sokhoe), cells, "pastures" (mokjang), "upper rooms" (darakbang), or sun.

• Sending of the Seventy

  [Bible]

  An event in which Jesus appointed seventy others, apart from the Twelve, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every town he intended to visit. It is recorded only in Luke 10.

• Baptism in the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Baptism in the Holy Spirit refers to the coming of the Holy Spirit upon a believer. Denominations differ in their understanding: some hold that every believer receives it at conversion, while others regard it as a distinct experience received after conversion.