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	The Religious Broadcasting Page
		Parachurches are often the creation of an entrepreneaur or a small cadre of people who seek to achieve specific goals.
		The parachurch is effectively a new form of religious organization that dates from the early 19th century.
		The parachurch model is the most significant organizational form in urban revivalism from the early 19th century.
	religiousbroadcasting.lib.virginia.edu /parachurch.html (707 words)

	Parachurch organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parachurch organizations are vehicles by which evangelical Christians work collaboratively both outside of and across their denominations to engage with the world in mission, social welfare and evangelism.
		Parachurch organizations generally require members or staff to agree to an evangelical 'Statement of Faith' or creed.
		In protestant and Catholic theology, parachurch organizations are termed sodalities, as distinct from modality, which is the term for the structure and organization of the local or universal church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parachurch (505 words)

	A Wakeup Call to Missions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		If other churches or parachurch agencies were to be avoided, irrespective of their doctrinal persuasions, so, too, was the hope of expeditiously sending fully-funded missionaries to the field.
		The parachurch organization is often falsely characterized as independent of local churches.
		The fact is that parachurch ministries heavily rely and often express this reliance on the support of the visible church.
	www.ifca.org /voice/99Nov-Dec/alban.htm (1587 words)

	Church test
		Parachurch organizations are groups that carry out Christian ministries not rooted in a local church.
		With certain parachurch groups, some doctrines are purposely avoided to allow for unity between those of different beliefs within the group.
		Parachurch organizations, by their nature, must be more inclusive and encompassing, looking for the least doctrinal commitment that will be involved or required.
	www.biblebb.com /files/CHURCH.HTM (5400 words)

	List of parachurch organisations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parachurch organizations are Christian faith-based organizations which carry out their mission usually independent of church oversight.
		Most parachurch organizations, at least those which are normally called parachurch, are Protestant and Evangelical.
		In addition, many crisis pregnancy centers in the United States are operated on a parachurch basis, having boards of directors not affiliated with or under the control of any single church or congregation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_parachurch_organisations (361 words)

	Columbia Standard Online
		The parachurches certainly never claimed to be a church, hence exempting themselves from the guidelines specified for a church.
		The inherent problems of the parachurch arise from such an entity trying to fulfill a role for which it is not equipped.
		The atmosphere and dynamics of a parachurch ministry are different from that of a church.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/standard/Mar97/Opinions/Opinions_Story6.html (1190 words)

	The Space Between My Ears :: Churches and Parachurches, Part 1: Defining Terms :: February :: 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		By definition of the term, a parachurch (literally, alongside the church) is not a church, but works with and beside churches.
		That is both churches and parachurches are a part of the larger, universal, and apostolic body of Christ.
		Parachurches are not so uniform in their makeup or their expression.
	spacebetween.blogsome.com /2006/02/22/churches-and-parachurches-part-1-defining-terms (856 words)

	[No title]
		The parachurch is a ministry organization that functions outside of the control or authority of the church.
		Since sports ministry parachurch organizations are to support the ministry of the local church and act as an agent for renewal of the local church, the local church should carefully study the dynamics and programming of successful sports ministries and adapt these principles to the local church setting.
		When a parachurch ministry seems to be losing its effectiveness in supporting the ministry of the local church, the local church should confront the leadership of the parachurch ministry and suggest modification or termination of that ministry (White, 1983).
	www.sportsoutreachusa.com /ResourcesTrainingArticles/Academic/SportsParachurchMinistries.htm (10536 words)

	The Church Jesus Built - Innovations In The Work Of The Church
		"The parachurch is effectively a new form of religious organization that dates from the early 19th century." b.
		"The defining characteristic of a parachurch is that it stands outside of the organizational structure of well- established religious bodies." d.
		The sponsoring church concept was developed as an alternative to parachurch organizations a.
	www.ccel.org /contrib/exec_outlines/cjb/cjb_14.htm (1921 words)

	Fred's Bible Talk - Questions to Ask When Evaluating Parachurch Christian Ministries and Popular Bible Teachers
		These are just a handful of important questions Christians should ask when evaluating any Church, parachurch ministry, or the teachings of a popular Bible teacher that seems to have smitten the Christian church as a whole.
		A parachurch would be any ministry or religious organization that is Christian in doctrine and practice, yet is not an official Church with a pastor, elders and deacons, and a congregation that meets regularly for worship.
		The sad reality, however, is that many parachurch ministries have replaced the local Church as the primary means of spiritual growth among Christians.
	www.fredsbibletalk.com /fb018.html (4509 words)

	Editorial: Will there be a protestant center? Theology Today - Find Articles
		The contemporaneity of the parachurch may be off-putting because it undermines denominational and theological heritages.
		The parachurch is not necessarily opposed to that agenda-at least not to all of it-but has resurfaced the question of personal salvation through Christ in a way that makes many older liberals very uncomfortable, as if social justice and loving Jesus were somehow in tension.
		Indeed, parts of the parachurch are lacking in ecclesiology and seem to feed off of the extreme individualism of the culture.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3664/is_200101/ai_n8937685 (905 words)

	Parachurch Organisations - wordandspirit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I agree that the existence of so many parachurch organisations is indicative of at least some failure on the part of the local church to support the diversity of ministries needed by its membership.
		If parachurch groups like UCCF are clear that they are serving not competing with local churches, then perhaps it will break down the suspicious attitude some in newfrontiers churches have towards such organisations.
		Many of these parachurch organisations exist because of the lack of vision of the local church, which so often fails to support its member's ministries outside the four walls of the church building.
	www.wordandspirit.co.uk /blog/index.php?/archives/191-Parachurch-Organisations.html (6477 words)

	Africanus - Volume 9, Issue 5
		Missiologists that argue for the legitimacy of the parachurch organization generally would like to forget the word "parachurch" with its connotation of "outside the church" and talk about the "local form" of the church and the "mission form." They see the parachurch organization as another expression of the universal church.
		The problem is with the belief that the parachurch organization sits at the same level of authority as the local church.
		Parachurch organizations exclude certain kinds of believers--those that do not have the qualities or skills that match their specialized task.
	www.credenda.org /issues/9-5africanus.php (825 words)

	Leadership Blog: Out of Ur: Searching for the Perfect Parachurch (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-2.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Posted by: Paul at February 22, 2006 08:46 AM The word parachurch ministry is an outsiders term that people outside of an entity use to group or categorize a non-church based ministry.
		I don't think that anyone would disagree that the BGEA is one of the most successful parachurch ministries of all time, yet Billy Graham and his entire crew work with local churches and use local churches to continue and build on their works.
		People who make a parachurch their main venue for spiritual expression are people who want to be a part of a community that is doing something, not thinking about doing something - and who want to use their gifts in service.
	blog.christianitytoday.com.cob-web.org:8888 /outofur/archives/2006/02/searching_for_t.html (3002 words)

	Doctrine 101 - Volume 15, Issue 3
		From this we can understand parachurch to mean beside the church, or side by side with the church.
		One thing that should be immediately apparent from this definition is that the parachurch is not the church.
		We might begin by trying to describe what properly constitutes the parachurch, but this is a rather large and daunting task.
	www.credenda.org /issues/15-3doctrine101.php (762 words)

	letters: August 2003 letters - 8/03
		The existence of parachurch organizations, I believe, is rightly attributed to the failure of many institutional churchs to successful offer the ministries of outreach and evangelism which parachurch organizations take as their purpose.
		Patterson's assertion, "Are not parachurch organizations known more for their use of 'new measures' rather than the 'outward and ordinary means' that our confessional standards value?" Eeither I don't see what he's alleging or I simply don't understand what he's talking about, one or the other.
		Fourth, discussing the "parachurch world" or "parachurch movement" as if it were a coherent whole is unsupportable, especially if one wants to include the Christian music industry (which is a business, and should be considered as such), Christian publishing houses (ditto), etc. There is no one "the" parachurch.
	www.layman.org /layman/letters-editorials/2003-august-letters2.htm (8853 words)

	The Space Between My Ears :: Churches and Parachurches, Part 3: Tensions :: March :: 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The parachurch or sodality with which I am most familiar is InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF).
		Parachurches are seen as peripheral to the Church and not a part of it.
		The split between parachurch and church is a false dichotomy.
	spacebetween.blogsome.com /2006/03/06/churches-and-parachurches-part-3-tensions (1353 words)

	Society of Dispensational Theology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A parachurch is not a church as defined by the apostle Paul in his pastoral epistles.
		A parachurch is simply a ministry that has specific functions: teaching, evangelism, missions, etc. There is nothing wrong with this, nor is there a problem of calling your friend "a minister" in this organization in such a work (though I would not take that title).
		Technically, then, he is simply serving in a certain capacity in the parachurch, but now he has been asked to be a deacon in his church.
	www.conservativeonline.org /print.php?sid=248 (369 words)

	AVAILABLE LIGHT ONLINE - The Full Gospel to The Whole World - part 8
		What we have really done is created an industry called 'parachurch' that was gifted in a specified interest area originally designed to aid and assist churches to fulfill their full calling when the church was weak concerning the parachurch ministry's specified interest area.
		Eventually, the parachurch became absorbed into mainstream Christianity to where the parachurch which was supposed to be a supplement to the church became the philosophy of 'niches' (demographic or doctrine) that ended up being the foundation of church instead of the full logos word of God.
		The parachurch now church became successful and marketed their successes to the desperate pastors of small congregations who equated numbers, money, and big buildings as 'anointing' and saw their member leave their churches for the 'bigger church'.
	www.availablelightonline.com /fgww8.html (1205 words)

	Parachurch vs Church » The Blind Beggar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The popular definition of a parachurch group is any non-church based Christian entity or ministry.
		Parachurch organizations should strengthen churches, not detract/distract from them.
		[…] Iâve already posted on this here (Parachurch vs Church), so I wonât belabor the point, but let me reiterate the Biblical perspective that the church is the people of God, those formed for his dwelling and bearers of his presence in the world.
	blindbeggar.org /?p=172 (888 words)

	A Passion for Effective Urban Ministry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On the parachurch side, the passion that Larry James has found for his work at Central Dallas Ministries is also highlighted.
		Parachurch ministries are all over the map of the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex, but they do have a few things in common.
		According to evangelist John Perkins, the father of the Christian community development movement, these parachurch ministries thrive in Dallas in part because "some of the very wealthy Christians in the city caught the vision of doing something significant" with their money.
	cityvoices.gospelcom.net /pages/0309nl.htm (2988 words)

	Alban CONGREGATIONS Magazine: Book Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We see so many parachurch and church organizations that succeed at least temporarily by following Madison Avenue techniques, and it is a delight to find authors who can point to the effective use of faith-based fundraising by six institutions.
		Although Jeavons and Basinger wrote this book primarily for the parachurch organization, much of what is described here applies to churches as well.
		Both, however, are about faith, and the authors support their views with a brief but informative tour of biblical and historical attitudes on stewardship.
	www.alban.org /ShowBookReview.asp?ID=79 (309 words)

	articles : Confessions of a Failed Church-Parachurch Partnership : Youth Specialties
		Parachurch organizations have been so successful over the last half century that they've heavily influenced the way church youth ministries are structured.
		I'll never forget the guilt I felt after an angry parent confronted me about how much more time I was spending at the high school where I conducted the Young Life club than at her son's school.
		When the parachurch organization takes up the challenge to work with the church, there'll be greater depth to the church ministry.
	www.youthspecialties.com /articles/topics/campus_ministry/confessions.php?printIt=yes (1599 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is designed to provide an internship in a church, parachurch, or institutional setting that will assist the student in developing competencies in the ministry of evangelism.
		The student spends at least ten hours each week for nine months (three academic quarters) in the church, parachurch, or institutional setting involved in specific ministry assignments agreed upon by the supervisor and student, and approved by the instructor and the Office of Field Education.
		One hour each week is to be spent with the approved on-site supervisor to discuss a) professional direction, evaluation, and overseeing of the student's ministry; b) theological reflection and discussion of topics related to ministry as identified by the student and supervisor; c) support and prayer.
	www.fuller.edu /sot/ecds/053/FE579A-B-C_Peace.html (422 words)

	Cerulean Sanctum: The Church's Missing Men
		There is also countercultural pressure from within churches and parachurch organizations (such as Focus on the Family) to give their imprimatur to households in which the father works outside the home as the sole breadwinner while the mother stays at home with the children, preferably homeschooling.
		Faced with the fact that Christians, even those claiming to be "born again," are divorcing at rates equal to their secular counterparts, churches and parachurch organizations have gone into overdrive preaching the message of hearth and home.
		Unless the church and parachurch are actively working to help men come to grips with their employment strain, they should not continue to tie heavy burdens around men's neck, burdens they cannot adequately fulfill.
	www.dedelen.com /2004/06/churchs-missing-men.html (1241 words)

	Parachurch Ministry Training Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Parachurch Ministry Training Center exists to prepare godly, competent servant leaders for the ministry the gospel in parachurch ministry contexts.
		Our goal is to help them network with a variety of parachurch opportunities in which they can find mentoring and ministry experiences appropriate to their calling.
		The Parachurch Ministry Training Center provides students with the opportunity to work with mentors who are engaged on the university, high school and middle school campus, and in ministries such as evangelism, discipleship, and relief and community development.
	www.denverseminary.edu /tm/trainingcenter/parachurch (345 words)

	Church-Parachurch Relationships \| Nor Cal / Nev College Ministries (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Meet the directors of the parachurch ministries you are drawing from.
		If there’s already a very strong parachurch college ministry which has got several students attending your church, perhaps you don’t need to launch a formal college ministry.
		Mentoring relationships: the parachurch leaders are often isolated and inadequately resourced.
	www.ncncollege.com.cob-web.org:8888 /node/56 (613 words)

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