Banks, Robert J. <br/><br/>
Paul's idea of community :  the early house churches in their cultural setting / 
Robert J. Banks. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  Baker Academic,  (c)2012. 
 - xii, 233 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> "Previously published in 1994 by Hendrickson Publishers. Originally published in 1979 by Anzea Publishers, Australia."--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>The social and religious setting --  The arrival of radical freedom --  Church as household gathering --  Church as heavenly reality --  The community as a loving family --  The community as a functional body --  Intellectual elements in growth --  Physical expressions of fellowship --  Gifts and ministry --  Charisma and order --  Unity in diversity among the members --  The contribution of women in church --  Participation and its responsibilities --  Service and its recognition --  Paul and his co-workers --  The mission and the churches --  The nature of Paul's authority --  The exercise of Paul's authority. 
<br/><br/> Robert Banks's widely read Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting is once again available to laypeople, pastors, and scholars alike. In this extensively revised edition Banks has rewritten chapters for clarity, taken into account recent scholarship on Paul's writings, updated and expanded the bibliography, and added an index. This new edition retains, however, all the freshness and vitality of the original.  https://www.amazon.com/Pauls-Idea-Community-Churches-Cultural/dp/0801045541/ref=sr_1_1?crid=39Y03DPQQEXGD&keywords=9780801045547&qid=1662470609&sprefix=%2Caps%2C54&sr=8-1 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781565630505 9780801045547 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015514299 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Theology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>House churches--Rome.<br/>Church--Biblical teaching.<br/>Liberty--Biblical teaching.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS2655  / .P385 2012