Financial Letters To Help Churches

Silke Muylaert explores the struggles of the Netherlandish migrant churches in England in engaging with the Reformation and the Revolt in their fatherland.

The 'Dictionary of Paul and his letters' is a one-of-a-kind reference work. Following the format of its highly successful companion volume, the 'Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels', this Dictionary is designed to bring students, teachers, ministers and laypeople abreast of the established conclusions and significant recent developments in Pauline scholarship. No other single reference work presents as much information focused exclusively on Pauline theology, literature, background and scholarship. In a field that recently has undergone significant shifts in perspective, the 'Dictionary of Paul and His Letters' offers a summa of Paul and Pauline studies. In-depth articles focus on individual theological themes (such as law, resurrection and Son of God), broad theological topics (such as Christology, eschatology and the death of Christ), methods of interpretation (such as rhetorical criticism and social-scientific approaches), background topics (such as apocalypticism, Hellenism and Qumran) and various other subjects specifically related to the scholarly study of Pauline theology and literature (such as early catholicism, the centre of Paul's theology, and Paul and his interpreters since F. C. Baur). Separate articles are also devoted to each of the Pauline letters, to hermeneutics and to preaching Paul today. The 'Dictionary of Paul and His Letters' takes its place alongside the 'Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels' in presenting the fruit of evangelical New Testament scholarship at the end of the twentieth century - committed to the authority of Scripture, utilising the best of critical methods, and maintaining dialogue with contemporary scholarship and challenges facing the church.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... Form Letters and Publicity Ideas FEW canvasses are properly prepared for by the use of printed matter. Printers' ink used in church calendars, folders, letters, etc., is invaluable. An advertising expert might well be employed to help manage the campaign. These letters, calendar extracts, etc., should prove suggestive. First letter preceding a canvass. This Letter is Concerning the KING'S BUSINESS. It is IMPORTANT. Please Read It Carefully To the Members of the. Church, Bible School and Congregation: Dearly Beloved: In accord with the united plan of at least forty denominations besides our own, the officers of this church have adopted the " Every Member Budget Plan of Systematic Giving." As the phrase implies, this means the enlistment of every member of the Church, Bible School, and Congregation, so far as possible, in the actual support and work of the Church. Too frequently is it true that the major share of the work and financial support of any Church is borne by a small proportion of its members, rather than by every one helping according to his ability. If all members contribute their share regularly, not only will the burdens of the few be lightened, but the many will feel a more vital and personal interest in their own Church and its welfare. For, "Where our treasure is, there will our heart be also." It is our hope then that every member of the congregation, including the smallest child in the Bible School, may have his own set of duplex envelopes, through which his offerings may be made, weekly or otherwise, both for the support of the local Church, and for its Missionary and Benevolent activities at home and abroad. By enlisting the child's interest thus early in the work of the Church, he is more apt to maintain a growing...

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