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Chelubai
[People]Chelubai is an Old Testament figure named in 1 Chronicles 2:9 as a son of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He was a brother of Jerahmeel and Ram and is commonly identified with "Caleb the son of Hezron" in verses 18 and following of the same chapter.
Ginath
[People]Ginath is an Old Testament figure, named only in 1 Kings 16, who was the father of Tibni, Omri's rival for the throne of the northern kingdom of Israel.
Lapidoth
[People]Lapidoth is an Old Testament figure in the book of Judges, the husband of Deborah, the prophetess and judge. The Bible mentions him by name only once, in Judges 4:4.
Libni
[People]Libni was an Old Testament figure, a grandson of Levi and the firstborn son of Gershon, who became the ancestor of the Libnite family among the Levites.
Bichri
[People]Bichri is an Old Testament figure named only as the father of Sheba, the Benjamite who rebelled against King David in 2 Samuel 20.
Jair (Son of Manasseh)
[People]Jair was an Old Testament figure, a descendant of Manasseh, who took villages in the regions of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan River and named them Havoth-jair after himself.
Gedaliah (son of Pashur)
[People]Gedaliah was an official of Judah during the reign of King Zedekiah. In Jeremiah 38, he and other officials asked the king to put the prophet Jeremiah to death, and Jeremiah was then lowered into a muddy pit.
Hirah
[People]Hirah is an Adullamite in Genesis 38 and the friend of Judah, the son of Jacob. At Judah's request he took a young goat to recover the pledge Judah had left with a woman, but he could not find her.
Zippor
[People]Zippor is an Old Testament figure named only as the father of Balak, king of Moab. He appears in the text solely in the phrase "Balak the son of Zippor," and nothing is recorded about his own life or deeds.
Beeri
[People]Beeri is an Old Testament figure named only in Hosea 1:1 as the father of the prophet Hosea. Scripture records nothing else about his life.
Asaiah
[People]Asaiah was an official of King Josiah of Judah. He appears in 2 Kings 22 and 2 Chronicles 34 as a member of the delegation that went to the prophetess Huldah to inquire of the LORD concerning the book of the law found in the Temple.
Uri (son of Hur)
[People]Uri is an Old Testament man of the tribe of Judah, the son of Hur and the father of Bezalel, the craftsman who made the tabernacle and its furnishings.
Jehudi
[People]Jehudi was an official in the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah. Sent by the princes, he summoned Baruch, and he later read aloud before the king the scroll containing Jeremiah's prophecies. He appears only in Jeremiah 36.
Ucal
[People]Ucal is an Old Testament figure named in Proverbs 30:1, together with Ithiel, as one to whom Agur delivered his sayings. He appears only once in the Bible, and nothing is known of his life.
Building Fund Offering
[Christian Life]A building fund offering is an offering collected separately from general offerings to pay for constructing, purchasing, or renovating church buildings such as sanctuaries and education buildings.
Young Adult Ministry
[Christian Life]A young adult ministry is an age-based church department that follows the church school years and gathers mainly college students and unmarried young adults in their twenties and thirties. Depending on the church, it may also be called a young adults' association or a college ministry.
New Members' Class
[Christian Life]A new members' class is an introductory course, typically lasting several weeks, in which people who have newly joined a church learn the basics of the Christian faith and the life of that congregation. It is also called a new believers' class.
Tithing Controversy
[Controversies]A debate over whether the tithe, the giving of one-tenth of one's income, remains an obligation for Christians today.
Online Communion
[Controversies]Online Communion is the question of whether church members taking part in an online worship service may prepare the bread and cup in their own homes and partake of the Lord's Supper. The question came to be widely debated in 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions limited in-person worship.
Horace Underwood
[People]Horace Grant Underwood (1859–1916) was an American Northern Presbyterian missionary who arrived in Korea, then the Joseon kingdom, in 1885. He founded Saemunan Church and led the establishment of Kyungshin School and Chosen Christian College (Yonhi College). In Korea he was known as Won Du-u (元杜尤).