Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Guest Author Post by Lieutenant Chelsea Brevitt Neurodiversity, Church, and Belonging In recent years, the church has begun to ask deeper questions about belonging. As congregations grow more aware of differences, conversations about inclusion have moved beyond physical accessibility to the inner life of faith itself. One of the most …
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There are no priests needed in The Salvation Army. That time has gone. The life, death, and resurrection of Christ has changed that. But still the language of priesthood has clung on in Christian churches and ideas of ministry. No Priests Needed - Everyone Is a Priest When the Army first began, it pushed back …
In Luke 19, we find the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus, the tax collector. This is one of those stories that many of us learned as children. Zacchaeus is a short man who wants to see Jesus, and so climbs a tree. Jesus sees him, calls to him, has dinner with the little reprobate, and …
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The staggering expansion of the early Salvation Army from the United Kingdom to the rest of the world was driven to a great degree by individual initiative rather than formal planning. The story of the Army in Jamaica is an example of that kind of faithful initiative and personal commitment to evangelism which shaped the …
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This is the fourth and final part of a series on the inclusion debate. You could read this as a standalone, but it will make more sense if you read the other three first. I start this article by suggesting how the early Church approached their scripture reading and what that can mean for us …
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This is the third part of a series looking at the basis for a theological understanding of inclusion. It draws from the stories of Acts 8-15 and puts them in a broader historical, biblical, and theological context. If you haven't read part one on the Ethiopian eunuch or part two on the conversion of Cornelius …
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This post follows from the article on the Ethiopian eunuch, so if you haven't read that one, you might want to go back and read it first. https://mytheologycorner.com/2024/09/02/the-ethiopian-eunuch-the-radical-inclusivity-which-created-the-church/ Introduction - Why Cornelius's Conversion Matters for Inclusion Cornelius's conversion, the giving of the Holy Spirit to Gentiles, and Peter's confronting of the change to dietary laws …
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