Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. Mattews. 18:17 KJV
How to understand the word ἐκκλησίας in this context?
Book Reviews / Pneuma 35 (2013) 87-156 143 Simon Chan, Pentecostal Ecclesiology: An Essay on the Development of Doctrine (Blandford Forum: Deo Publishing, 2011)….
Ephesians 1:22-23
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Is this language of God giving Christ, "the head of all things,&…
Is there a legitimate contextual comparison between what Jesus teaches in Matthew 18:15-20 (certain disciplinary functions working in an assembly of people in God’s name) and the text in John 20:21-23? (That is, are both texts referring to…
PNEUMA 36 (2014) 5–24 Renewal Ecclesiology in Empirical Perspective Mark J. Cartledge Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT,…
ARTICLES SPS Mother Church: Toward Ecclesiology Simon Chan Carl Braaten has recently the ancient concept a Pentecostal called on Protestants Cyprian’s to return to…
Acts 8:1-3. "On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began …
In 1st Corinthians 14:34-35 (NASB), Paul says:
34The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. 35If they desire to learn anything, let them …
The etymology of church cannot be traced to the Greek word, ekklesia. Christians persist on using a unscriptural word to justify their religious tradition of associating people to a physical structure. We all know this… why do we allow it?…
Pneuma 32 (2010) 369-389 A.J. Tomlinson’s Emerging Ecclesiology Harold D. Hunter IPHC Archives & Research Center, P.O. Box 12609, Oklahoma City, OK 73157, USA…
Pneuma 29 (2007) 59-85 The Development of Ecclesiology in the Church of God (Cleveland, TN): A Forgotten Contribution? Dale M. Coulter Dept. of T…
142 book reviews Cheryl M. Peterson Who is the Church: An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-first Century(Minneapolis, mn: Fortress Press, 2013). viii + 153 pp….