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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does Ministry mean "religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)"?
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Alister Edgar McGrath (born 23 January 1953) is an Irish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theologian, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_historian and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_apologetics, currently Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_College_London and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture.[1] He was previously Professor of Historical Theology at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford, and was principal of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe_Hall,_Oxford until 2005. He has also taught at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University. McGrath holds two doctorates from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford, a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DPhil in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_Biophysics and a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Divinity in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology. He is an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican and is ordained within the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England.[2][3]
Alister Edgar McGrath (born 23 January 1953) is an Irish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theologian, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_historian and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_apologetics, currently Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_College_London and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture.[1] He was previously Professor of Historical Theology at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford, and was principal of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe_Hall,_Oxford until 2005. He has also taught at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University. McGrath holds two doctorates from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford, a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DPhil in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_Biophysics and a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Divinity in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology. He is an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican and is ordained within the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England.[2][3]
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No. I believe it means taking care of the lay members of the church. That's why a priest is often called 'a minister'.
- No.
- I believe it means taking care of the lay members of the church.
- That's why a priest is often called 'a minister'.
- Because he (or she) ministers to his congregation.
- McGrath taught student priests how to do this.
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No.
I believe it means taking care of the lay members of the church.
That's why a priest is often called 'a minister'. Because he (or she) ministers to his congregation.
McGrath taught student priests how to do this.
I believe it means taking care of the lay members of the church.
That's why a priest is often called 'a minister'. Because he (or she) ministers to his congregation.
McGrath taught student priests how to do this.
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