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The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a number of supporting, parachurch, independent, self-supporting and other such organizations that work adjunct or in association with the official church. One author estimated their number at over 800 and are mostly supportive of the church, although differing ministries may be critical of church actions.
The church-planting ministry is usually a different ministry from either the literature or radio ministries. The church-planting ministry usually requires its missionaries to be fluent in the target language, and trained in modern church-planting techniques. The missionary then leads the group to start a church.
Stephen Ministries (or Stephen Ministries St. Louis) is an independent, not-for-profit Christian educational organization. Its main activity is the training of Stephen Leaders who then train others in their congregation to be Stephen Ministers, capable of accompanying those who are facing some crisis in life; for instance, illness, death of a loved one, divorce, relocation, or financial setback.
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Church planting is a term referring to the process (mostly in Protestant frameworks) that results in a new local Christian congregation being established. It should be distinguished from church development, where a new service, worship center or fresh expression is created that is integrated into an already established congregation. For a local ...
It is performed by most Christians, although the early church recognised that "devotion to prayer and the ministry of the word" was a special part of the role of the apostles, [2] thus distinguishing general "ministry" from the "office of minister" to which specific individuals who feel a certain vocation. [3]
Parachurch organizations perform a number of roles, including: [3] evangelistic crusade associations (patterned after the Billy Graham Association); evangelistic and discipleship ministries (such as ThereforeGo Ministries, [4] Youth With a Mission (), InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Scripture Union, Cru, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Christian Challenge, and The Navigators)