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Turkish Title: Önderlik - İlk Kilisede Yönetim ve Düzen Translation of Turkish Title: Leadership - Governance and Structure in the Early Church Author: Rev. Turgay Üçal and Derek Malcolm
How did the leaders of the early church ensure that the true message was passed on to future generations without being altered or changed? When the first Christians came together to worship, how were they to behave in church? The Apostle Paul wrote letters to his colleagues Timothy and Titus which contain teaching on the above subjects. These writings describe life in the early church in Ephesus and Crete. They show the awesome responsibility entrusted to emerging leaders to oversee these churches. They describe dangers the church faced from false teachers. They talk about the persecutions Christians underwent from those who hated the followers of Jesus Christ. They explain the reason for the joy and the hope that transformed ordinary people into a community whose main purpose in life was to worship God, serve Him, and share with others the good news that Jesus Christ is the way to peace with God. Posted: 19 March 2008 |
What was the first church like? How did it organise itself? What qualities were required of those who were leaders? In the early years of Christianity, many people tried to introduce wrong teaching. How did church leaders deal with this type of activity? Thıs detailed commentary of the Apostle Pauls' pastoral letters to Titus and Timothy highlights these issues and more.| Next > |
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