TY - BOOK AU - Plummer, Robert Lewis AU - AU - TI - Paternoster biblical monographs SN - 1842273337 U1 - 266.009 CY - Great Britian KW - Mission of the church N2 - In this book, Robert L. Plummer engages in a careful study of Paul's letters to determine if the apostle expected the communities to which he wrote to engage in outward-directed missionary activity. Plummer summarizes the discussion to date on this debated issue, handles contested texts, and provides a way forward in addressing this critical question. While admitting that Paul rarely explicitly commands the communities he founded to evangelize, Plummer amasses significant incidental data to provide a convincing case that Paul did indeed expect his churches to engage in outward-directed missionary activity. Throughout the study, Plummer progressively builds a theological basis for the church's mission that is both compelling and distinctively Pauline UR - https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/8/6/_71618652_140.jpg ER -