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Edmund Clowney (1917-2005) reflects on the mission of the church, observing that the "growth of the church is the growth of the Word" (Acts 6:7, 12:24, 19:20).
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In every task of the church, the ministry of the Word of God is central. It is the Word that calls us to worship, addresses us in worship, teaches us how to worship and enables us to praise God and to encourage one another. By the Word we are given life and nurtured to maturity in Christ: the Word is the sword of the Spirit to correct us and the bread of the Spirit to feed us. In the mission of the church, it is the Word of God that calls the nations to the Lord: in the teaching of the Word we make disciples of the nations. The growth of the church is the growth of the Word (Acts 6:7; 12:24; 19:20): where there is a famine of the Word, no expertise in business administration or group dynamics will build Christ’s church.
—Edmund P. Clowney, The Church, 199
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Acts 6:7, 12:24, 19:20
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