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• Minister Without Charge

  [Church Offices]

  A minister without charge is a title used in Presbyterian constitutions for an ordained minister who retains ministerial standing but has no church or institution in which he or she is assigned to serve.

• Augustine of Hippo

  [People]

  Augustine (354–430) was bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa and one of the foremost Church Fathers of the Western church. His teaching on grace and sin profoundly influenced the Protestant Reformers.

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  [People]

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who took part in the Confessing Church movement in opposition to the Nazis. He was executed in 1945 on charges of involvement in a plot to remove Hitler.

• Korean Association of Christian Pastors

  [Institutions]

  The Korean Association of Christian Pastors (Hanmokhyeop, KACP) is an interdenominational council of pastors founded in 1998 by pastors' associations from multiple Korean denominations committed to church renewal. Its stated principles are unity, renewal, and service.

• Modalism

  [Heresies & Cults]

  Modalism, also known as Sabellianism, is the view that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are not three distinct persons. On this view, they are three modes, or manifestations, in which the one God has revealed himself in different ages and roles. The church rejected modalism in the third century.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:10

  [Bible Verses]

  "If any would not work, neither should he eat" is a command of the apostle Paul. Although it was meant to correct idleness within the church, the verse has also been cited in wider social debates over the work ethic and welfare policy, so its context and scope of application are frequently discussed.

• 1 Timothy 2:11–12

  [Bible Verses]

  1 Timothy 2:11–12 is the passage that reads, "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. … But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man." It is a central text in the debate over the ordination of women and the role of women in the church, and denominations have reached differing conclusions about it.

• Acts 20:35

  [Bible Verses]

  Acts 20:35 is the verse in which Paul, taking leave of the elders of the church at Ephesus, urges them to remember the words of the Lord Jesus: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." It is one of the rare verses that preserve a saying of Jesus not recorded in the four Gospels, and it is widely cited to encourage sharing and giving.

• Matthew 6:9-13

  [Bible Verses]

  Matthew 6:9-13 contains the prayer Jesus taught his disciples, which the church recites together as the Lord's Prayer. Discussion of the passage addresses how its form differs from the version in Luke, the absence of the closing doxology from the oldest manuscripts, and the translation of several of its words.

• Matthew 16:18–19

  [Bible Verses]

  Jesus's words to Peter, "Upon this rock I will build my church," together with his promise to give Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven. The passage is the central scriptural basis for the papacy in the Catholic Church, and its interpretation differs sharply among Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox traditions.

• Genesis 3:15

  [Bible Verses]

  Genesis 3:15 is God's declaration to the serpent that the seed of the woman "shall bruise thy head." The church has called this verse the Protoevangelium, the first announcement of Christ's victory, and interpreters differ over the identity of the seed.

• James (Brother of the Lord)

  [People]

  James is a New Testament figure identified as "the Lord's brother" and was a leader of the early church in Jerusalem. Tradition holds that he wrote the Epistle of James.

• 1 Corinthians 12:3

  [Bible Verses]

  1 Corinthians 12:3 is the criterion Paul establishes at the outset of his teaching on spiritual gifts to the church at Corinth. He declares that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and that no one can say that Jesus is the Lord except by the Holy Spirit. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between the confession of faith and the Holy Spirit and of the criteria for discerning spirits.

• 1 Corinthians 15:12–20

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which Paul, responding to some members of the Corinthian church who denied the resurrection, argues that if Christ has not been raised, preaching and faith are in vain. As a foundational text for the Christian belief in the resurrection, it is frequently cited at Easter and in funeral services.

• 1 Corinthians 10:16–17

  [Bible Verses]

  In this passage Paul describes the cup and the bread of the Lord's Supper as a "communion" in the blood and body of Christ and states that the many who share one bread are one body. It is frequently cited in discussions of the meaning of the Lord's Supper and the unity of the church.

• 1 Corinthians 12:28

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse in which Paul lists the offices and gifts that God has set in the church, beginning with apostles, prophets, and teachers. It is frequently cited in discussions of whether spiritual gifts continue today, the ranking of church offices, the basis of Presbyterian church order, and modern claims to apostleship.

• 1 Timothy 5:9

  [Bible Verses]

  First Timothy 5:9 sets out the conditions for enrolling a widow on the list of those the church would care for: she must be at least sixty years old and must have been "the wife of one man." Interpreters differ over what kind of institution the early church's care for widows was and over the meaning of "the wife of one man."

• Revelation 22:17

  [Bible Verses]

  In this verse from the final chapter of the Bible, the Spirit and the bride (the church) say "Come," and the thirsty are invited to take the water of life freely. Interpreters discuss whether it should be read as a prayer for the Second Coming or as a gospel invitation.

• Philippians 3:3

  [Bible Verses]

  In this verse Paul warns against those who insist on circumcision and declares that believers who worship by the Spirit, glory in Christ, and put no confidence in the flesh are the true circumcision. It is frequently cited in discussions of the law and justification and of the relationship between the church and Israel.

• 2 Corinthians 9:6–8

  [Bible Verses]

  In this passage Paul uses the image that one reaps as one sows to urge the church in Corinth, as it prepared its collection for the saints in Jerusalem, to give gladly rather than under compulsion. It is frequently cited in sermons on giving and is also invoked in debates over tithing and the prosperity gospel.