Para-Church Ministry
Q. Regarding your answer of 3-15-10 on the Emerging Church. You brought up a concept I have never heard before. You said, “More and more people are turning to places like the internet for their spiritual sustenance. This has the added benefit of leading believers back into the pattern of self study, something the Lord always intended for us. (Acts 17:11)”
Would you please explain in more detail about what you call the “Para-church” movement?
A. The prefix para means to be alongside of or resemble. Paramedics and paralegals work alongside doctors and lawyers and do work that resembles theirs. They aren’t meant to replace doctors or lawyers, but to assist them. Likewise, para-church ministries aren’t meant to replace churches but to assist them. One of the ways they have done this in the past is by providing a more concentrated approach to various aspects of the Church’s overall mission than traditional churches could offer. Evangelism is a good example. Traveling crusades are para-church organizations that focus on evangelistic outreach to the exclusion of everything else.
But as Churches continue to move away from Bible based teaching para-church ministries have become a major source of Bible study. The internet has been a convenient medium for these ministries because of the large numbers of people that can be reached.
Today you can literally pick any topic you choose and have immediate access to some of the best teaching available to guide you in your study.
I think this is a fulfillment of Daniel 12:4 “Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”
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