Called, Gathered and Gifted

RELIGION

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A MODEL OF THE CHURCH

The Christian community as God’s dwelling place.

The builder’s plans are to be found in 1 Corinthians.

Paul defines the church as a people called by the Father, gathered by the Son, and gifted by the Holy Spirit.

We have been called out of the world, set apart for a divine purpose. We have been brought together as a community of God’s people. We have been given the Holy Spirit as our source of knowledge, the bond that unites us, and the guiding force in our shared life.

At the heart of this calling is the anticipation of Christ’s return and the resurrection of the dead.

For those who aspire to be servants of God, building His church brick by brick, Paul’s message is essential.

Stephen is the author of Prophets, Priests and Politics, also published by Austin Macauley, and founder of the Reddit subforum AskAnotherChristian. As a member of the Church of England, he is free from denominational restraints.

Stephen Disraeli is the pen-name of a British subject, from a teaching family. He was brought up at the more “catholic” end of the Church of England but lapsed into student atheism. He was rescued from this into a more evangelical faith. The motto of his theology is now “The essence of Faith is trust”. His academic qualifications are in history (Wadham College, Oxford), divinity (London) and church history (King’s College London). For more than ten years Stephen has been writing on Bible matters on the internet (under the name Disraeli), and he is now transferring this teaching into print.