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ZNPaaneah · 03-23-2013, 01:47 PM

It occurred to me that the two verses that WN refers to could have a different and more plausible explanation. It could be that his coworkers had been given their own territory. So each worker was given a region with some cities to work in. Their work was not merely to preach the gospel but to raise up and establish churches. Hence, appoint elders in every city and appoint elders in every church could be referring to the territory assigned to the coworker, not to the ground of the church. (Within their territory they were to establish churches by appointing elders, and they had been instructed to raise up churches in every city).

03-23-2013, 01:47 PM	#2
ZNPaaneah Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 7,105	Re: The ground on which the church should be built It occurred to me that the two verses that WN refers to could have a different and more plausible explanation. It could be that his coworkers had been given their own territory. So each worker was given a region with some cities to work in. Their work was not merely to preach the gospel but to raise up and establish churches. Hence, appoint elders in every city and appoint elders in every church could be referring to the territory assigned to the coworker, not to the ground of the church. (Within their territory they were to establish churches by appointing elders, and they had been instructed to raise up churches in every city).