What is my understanding between the relationship of a church and a parachurch? Well first I feel I would have to explain my opinion of what is the trinity, what is a termite, and my belief in what the bible is to me.
Trinity- is THE GOD three in ONE. Like water is water frozen or steamed, so is my God, God in spirit and in body. God the father is all powerful and keeper of power. The Holy Spirit is God on earth and also in us to help us. God the son or Christ was and is the sacrifice, and is the head of the Church.
Termites- are considered a pest only because they destroy are houses. when they where made to maintain the down trees, but inside the termite is what is important. It has an organism that coexists with the termite to able the termite to digest the wood they eat, or they would die.
The Bible- Is the WORDS OF GOD written by man. Not translated or produced, but written.
The church was created by God with Jesus and continued by Man with the Holy Spirit as Jesus the Example. The Parachuch was made by Man for Man in relation to the times need. and like the termite they coexist. Only the Church does not need the parachurch and that the parachurch is not a church. Last the church was made by man not by God because Jesus in the bible written by God calls us to the church, while the parachurch is not necessary but useful into today's times to help and allow the church to do greater work. so what is the relationship? the relationship is like all good relationships with a goal. To praise God, to raise the effectiveness of the church, and to be available for more than one church. A parachurch is a location that is not defined by congregation but by population. And its effectiveness is not by amount of money, but amount of use and effort.
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