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Definition: Church (or Ekklesia)
Look in an English dictionary under the letter "C", somewhere between "chocolate" and "cider", and you'll find the word "church." "Church" is an English term that has many different definitions. In that dictionary, you will probably find five or six different definitions for "church." Many of those words are related, which makes this process even harder.
What process is that? I'm talking about defining the word "church" as it's used in the New Testament. In other words, I'm trying to answer this question: When we read the New Testament and come across the word "church," what does this word mean?
Unfortunately, because of the many definitions of the modern term "church," the meaning of the word when we read it in the New Testament is often muddled. Some of that ambiguity has arisen because the English term "church" did not originate from the Greek term ekklesia that it translates in the New Testament. (For more information, see my post "The ekklesia and the kuriakon.")
The Greek term ekklesia did not and could not carry all of the definitions of the English term "church." Instead, the term ekklesia always referred to an assembly of people. (For more information, see my posts "The ekklesia of Josephus" and "The ekklesia in context.") In the instances that interest me, the term ekklesia refer to an assembly of God's people.
In some cases, the term ekklesia refers to all of God's people which he has "assembled" or "gathered" out of the world. In other cases – most cases – the term refers to actual gatherings of God's people, often designated by geography or location. Interestingly, in this latter case, the term ekklesia does seem to refer to subset of a larger ekklesia (i.e. the "church" in someone's house as a subset of the "church" in a city). However, these subsets are never set against one another; they remain part of the larger ekklesia.
Therefore, when we read the word "church" in the New Testament, we should always remember that the author is talking about a group of people. The New Testament writers are constantly talking about the "church" in relational terms. Primarily, I divide these relationships into three types (although they are interrelated): 1) the relationships between God and his people, 2) the relationships among God's people, and 3) the relationships between God's people and others (i.e., those who are not God's people).
I think that if we understand "church" as a group of people, and we understand the importance of relationships to the church, then the way we live as the church and the way we study the church will be different (than it normally is today).
As with my definition of ecclesiology, this blog post is by necessity only an introduction. It is not complete or exhaustive. What would you add to my definition of church? What would you change? Why?
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I'm OK with you disabusing me of the idea of Church as a place with very high ceilings, echoes, candles, altars, smells, hushed voices, etc. But, you go too far when you wreck my sensibilities about chocolate (chocolate cider? yucky!)
A few years ago Father directed me to begin reading the New Testament through looking specifically for what He had to say about the themes He appeared to at work in my life regarding at that time. My first time through was "church". Very eye opening. My most recent read through the New Testament (I'm in 1 John right now) is "kingdom". It's been a very interesting journey. Of particular interest was the number of times "kingdom" was used in Matthew – John verses the number of times it was used in Acts – 1 John (where I am now). It's very interesting how the focus of Jesus on the kingdom appears to have become a focus on the "church" we have made.
I think translators do us a disservice when they insist on using "churchy" words (if I am permitted to use that term)such as "church." Why not just translate it the way the word would come across to the 1st century reader? Baptism is another word that kind of bugs me. Funny you posted this. In my private study I was thinking of going through my Bible and crossing out the word church and replacing it with the greek. Thanks.
Hi, Alan. I've not read the posts you've cross-referenced above. Perhaps I will have time tomorrow on my lunch break. So, forgive me if you've already mentioned these elsewhere:
Have you read Tyndale's translation and observed where he used the "church? "
Have you ever encountered the postulation that "church" comes from the Latin "circe" into the Scottish "kirk" into the English "church?"
I perceive that Tyndale's use of "church" corresponds to the "Circe" theory.
One can Google "Circe Kirk church" and discover some etymologies that relate to what I am observing.
I usually define ekklesia as "the assembly of the followers of Jesus".
You wrote, "Interestingly, in this latter case, the term ekklesia does seem to refer to subset of a larger ekklesia (i.e. the "church" in someone's house as a subset of the "church" in a city). However, these subsets are never set against one another; they remain part of the larger ekklesia."
I disagree with this. The subsets are not ekklesias because of their relationship to the larger ekklesia – such an idea is found in the "mother church – daughter church" approach to missiology. Rather, an assembly of people became "church" based on the relationship of those assembled to Jesus. In the New Testament we see the term ekkelisa applied to assemblies of the followers of Jesus and the number of people assembled did not seem to matter. So, the large group ekklesia is no more or less ekklesia than the small group and vice versa. Both the church of the city and the church in the home were 100% ekklesia.
Robert Banks in "Paul's Idea of Community" notes that Paul always refers to the ekklesia in the plural in the book of Romans. He posits that Paul does not refer to "the church in Rome" as the ekkelsia of the city because there were too many followers of Jesus to meet in any one location. I'm still chewing on this idea myself.
Blessings – Stan
"Paul always refers to the ekklesia in the plural in the book of Romans. He posits that Paul does not refer to "the church in Rome" as the ekkelsia of the city because there were too many followers of Jesus to meet in any one location."
That's an interesting comment. I was recently reading Romans 16 again and counted the different ekklesias Paul mentions in that chapter.
— One in Aquila and Priscilla's house. (vs. 5)
— The household of Aristobolus (vs. 10; I'm assuming that when Paul mentions a household, he's referring to a group of Chrisitans in that oikos who "church" together)
— the household of Narcissua (vs. 11)
— Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them. (vs. 14)
— Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord's people who are with them. (vs. 15)
That's five ekklesias.
Here in the Roman Catholic mentality of Quebec, Canada, I am always having to define the church as people and not a building. There is a church building in town that we used to rent for our gatherings which is now for sell. I have numerous people in our community asking me if our "church" closed. I always respond by telling them two truths. First, that the building never belonged to us. Second (and more importantly), the people of God are the church, not a building. We now rent a school for our Sunday meetings, which our town finds strange since we are not meeting in a "church." Good post Alan.
Okay Alan. That's what I understand as well. It was not so clear in your article.
Blessings – Stan
Clearly, the Church has a number of different but related meanings, in the New Testament. This is very clear to any believer upon study of the Epistles. And in the NT, we see the use of the Word, begin to evidence multiple meanings as the church(body of Christ) began to grow. We see this most obviously as Paul addresses believers in specific locations, and even more clearly in Revelation. In modern usage, due to specific buildings being designated for worship, the word has taken on five or so meanings as a noun, and a number as a verb. These are all in common usage,and well understood. If modern believers are made aware of the original meaning of the word, it will deepen and increase their faith and reverence for the body of Christ, as they attend worship services with the Church, in their local church, whether it be a Baptist, Roman Catholic, Assembly of God, or..non-denominational Church.:) God bless you all.
Such a loosely used word. Even knowing the true meaning I use it as to describe a place or building. Even so many people who go to these places designated as churches are only learning the true meaning in study. Why do we okay the use of it so loosely? Such a gift from God is used in vain.
I am study on this subject right now. I felt the same way as Alan posted in this article. "Church" is not a place, is not a building, is not anything else, but the assembly of God's chosen people. If can be very small, few people, it could be as many as hundreds, or tens thousands, however, all of them will be in one Body of Christ. Thanks. It is very helpful and make my thought echoed clearly and sound.
God bless.
The ekkleesian is never been the church in all 80 times that the word church it is the word ekkleesian or something of the the same form. Go to John 2.2 and Jesus is invited to the wedding at Cana. The word there is ekleethee. it is the same word as the word for all 80 church words in the NT. Going to Matthew when Jesus says in KJV. That I will build the my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Going to the Greek I find that it ends with the word her and it has the word ekklessian which means the ones invited out. which demands the question Who is invited out of whom and who is invited out of where? the translations should be something like this: I will home build my house of Israel the ones invited out of the gentiles where they were dispersed by my Father and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her. It there fore excludes the word church in all 80 times. Go to my web page and read ekkleesian among the other essays on the House of Israel being the only ones that Jesus said that he came for in Matthew 15. The church is and has always been is nothing more that the Harlot church of Revelation who is out to deceive the gentile nations of the world. Going to Isaiah 50-54 we find that it is jesus who is dying only for his divorced wife the house of Israel. At no time are gentiles included in the redeeming act of dying on the cross. There is no plan to save any gentiles from the beginning. God chose the Hebrews on Mount sinia and said these are my people and I will be there God. There were no gentiles down at the bottom of the hill worshipping the golden calf that aaron made from the gold that the children brought out of Egypt.
I have many essays on my web page about the whole house of Israel that were chosen out both the House of Judah and the house Israel. The house of Judah does not have to be saved for they were never lost only the house of Israel was lost because of the divorce. No gentiles are every included in the plan. God does not love all the children of the world and he has rejected them from the beginning and all they get if they are a gentile is death and destruction. The Church is nothing more than the old Whore out of Bablyon with a new shourd on. There has never been a chutch of the Lord Jesus Christ it is all a con job on the gentiles from the beginning when the latin tibes formed the church out of tales of Bablyon and just put on a new face and name,
To understand the ekkleesian it is first neceessay to learn who the ethnee are. In the OT there was only one type of gentiles and they are all the people who are not the Hebrews, the people that God chose on Mount Sinai of Arabia. But coming into the NT there are two types of gentiles. In the English translation we have only one word for both kind of gentiles even if the word is used twice in the same verse. Going to the Book of Romans chapter 9. Paul's discourse on the story about the ekkleesian who was the people of God and now are not the people of God Paul uses the word ethnee which differs from ethnoon. Then what is the difference? The ethnoon are the unrighteous heathen gentiles of this world while the ethnee are the righteous gentiles of the world, those being the lost sheep of the House of Israel who lost the covenants and became a gentile in actions and what others thought of them. But they never lost the desire to the things of God according to the promises in the OT. So when Jesus sent out his learners to look for the ekkleesian in Matthew 28:19 He said for them to go to the ethnee teaching and baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. He did not send them to ethnoon the unrighteous gentiles who are in a state of rebellion and have no desire for the things of God. 54 times that the ethnee are mentioned in the Greek Text it is always the lost sheep of the house Israel, the ethnee being the ones that are invited out from among the unrighteous gentiles(ethnoon) of this world. There is more than one kind of gentiles in the NT. Paul was an apostle to the to the ethnee, the righteous gentiles and not the ethnoon the unrighteos gentiles
Jerry Collins
Do a summary of the useage of the word ethnee in the NT and see that Jesus only dispatched his learners to the ethnee and Paul says he was a ministry to the ethnee. When Paul encountered the Jews he said he was going to the ethnee.
In the OT the wife that was divorced was scattered among the gentiles,If all gentiles are the same where then is the rescue of the ones scattered. Jesus died only for the right to remarry his wife who was divorced in the OT. He did not die for the sins of the whole world but only for the right to remarry his wife, Rev 19 the wife is making her self ready. The church has never been in the mind of God See Act 7 It is always the ones invited out from among the gentiles where they were scattered by the father following the divorce. The church destroyed the invitation in Matthew 16:18 ekkleesian being the ones invited out from among the gentiles. The angel told Joseph in a dream that he was to name him Jesus and that he would save his people from their sins.Matthew 1:21 His people have always been the Hebrews from the beginning. He came only for the lost sheep of the House of Israel who are only Hebrews, the House of Judah was never lost therefore she does not have to be saved, the gentiles are rejected from the beginning and no salvation is every provided only the wrath to come from the Father. Jesus sent his learners to the ethnee to teach them all things that I have taught you baptizing the in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Joel 2 the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was only to the whole House of Israel no gentiles are mentioned. Hebrews 8:8 the new covenant is only to the house of Judah and the house of Israel no gentiles mentioned.
Paul writing to the ekkleesias in Rome, Galitia, Corinth and Ephisians mentioned and referred to the Hebrews 1334 times You count the times he referred to the ethnoon the rejected gentiles from the foundation of the earth. God of all people should know who the gentiles are when in Rev 22 he refers to them as dogs on the outside of the city.
Paul warns to beware of the dogs.
Jesus came to buy back the wife who was owned by another see the drama in Hosea. read the bood of Peter who wrote to the ones scattered. He then quotes three verse from the OT to show who they are. They are a Royal people a chosen out genteration and a twice purchased people who at one time were not the people of God but now once more are the people of God. Amos 3 God speaking to the House of Israel. "you are the only family that I have known of all the families of the earth" Isaiah writes of the ones who have escaped the gentiles ISa 46 Only the ethnee have knowledge of the things of God Matthew 5 in the same passage he refers to the verse in Deut 24 that a man who rejoins the divorced wife, one party has to die, if she died their is no need for the cross. Jesus died willing to remarry his divorced wife. Isa 50-54. No gentiles were included. The NT is all about the ethnee being the people of God who he came for and died that he could remarry the wife. He was the prioe paid to pardon them and by his stripes they are healed of their idol worship.
The latinized Greek grammar destroys the whole message of the New Testament. Jesus did not die for the sins of the whole world no matter how you translate Kosmos out of the latin into the English. He came only for one people and their sins. He only loves the children of his two wives Aholah and Aholabah EZ 23. For God did not love the whole world that he gave his only begotten son he gave his son only to buy back the wife and get the children that he had scattered and said he would not lose one. No gentiles are ever included no matter how you translate the latinized Greek into the English.
Your friend in the search for the truth
Jerry Collins
Good Morning to you
I am writing concening the word World that a world that does not exist in the biblical text. If Jesus came only for the lost sheep of the House of Israel and as the angel told Joseph that he came to save His people from their sins and that he died to remarry his wife Aholah in the OT then the word world in the English text can not exist. It is self evident that their is a problem somewhere in the translation and I declare that the translators did not know of what they were writing. It is only one of the many errors and or fraud they committed. They should have read the book of Peter for he was writing to the ones scattered and he declared that they were the Hebrews of the OT. The word Kosmos out of the greek should be translated as "of the one with of the one out of Fellowship" Then the meaning of John 3:16-17 then makes sense that he gave his son for those out of fellowship of the covenants, the lost sheep of the House of Israel. Salvation is by race and race alone.
Your friend in search of the truth
Jerry Collins
Now concerning the ethnee. Do a search for all the words ethnee and the context will tell you that they are Israel that had been scattered following the divorce in Jer 3
The ethnee seek after the things of God while the ethnoon are in the state of rebellion
The ethnee had Paul preach the next sabbath while the ethnic jews caused trouble in the city
Paul said he was a minister to the ethnee if of all people ought to know who he was to
Paul only wrote to the ekkleesias the ones invited out from among heathen gentiles where they were scattered following the divorce.
Jesus ought to know who he came for he said it was the lost sheep of the House of Israel and then he dispatch his learners to the ethnee Matthew 28:19 The ethnee were to be baptized in the Holy Spirit only the whole house of Israel could receive the outpouring Joel 2
Peter writes only to the ones scattered and then he tell who they are. they are the ones who at one time were not the people of God but now once more they are the people of God, Hebrews only. James writes to the 12 tribes scattered abroad Hebrews only Paul writes to the Hebrews in the book of Hebrews No gentiles mentioned. The new covenant is only to the house of Judah and the house of Israel Heb 8:8 John on the isle of Patmos was only writing to the ones invited out in the seven cities of Asia No gentiles mention. Jesus said that the 12 learners were going to Judge the 12 tribes who then is going to judge the gentiles. Revelation 7 only the hebrews are listed in the 144000 no gentiles mentioned.
In the OT Jesus tells the rejected wife to rejoice for you have more children than the married wife no gentiles mentioned Hosea acting out the drama of the divorced wife is told to go buy back Gomer working the streets as a whore, she was not told to repent or confess her sins but Hosea was to buy her back and take her home and love her. Jesus died to remarry his wife in the last days she will no longer call him my Lord but My Husband no gentiles are included in the marriage.
Gentiles were rejected because of their corrupt DNA from the foundation of the earth.They are of their father the devil who created the corrupt DNA in the beginning See Genesis
The church is the largest cult of all trying to convert the goats and dogs into sheep with the single act of repentance so that they can know good from evil the same message the devil used in the garden. The church began with a deception and it has gone on for 2000 years. The church has always been diabollically opposed the the Hebrews of the House of Israel being the only ones Jesus came to save from their sins as the angel said in Matt 1:26. The righteous by faith shall shall live for they were made righteous on Mount Sinai of Arabia when they were declared to be the people of God. The expression is used 241 times as my people. no gentiles were included If gentiles can be saved then where is the salvation for the dead gentiles before 1500 AD when the word church was started in the text by King James himself. Most of all where is the rescue of the lost sheep of the house of Israel if the door is open to the heathen rejected gentiles of this world. The new Testament is written only to the ethnee and never the ethnoon. All that awaits the ethnoon is the wrath to come from the Father No ethnee are included in the wrath to come. The New Testament is all about the wife just the wife that was divorced in the OT and redeemed in the NT.
only the house of Israel cleans up the dead in EZ 39-39 No house of Judah mentioned or any gentiles except the 83 percent of the horde of gentiles out of the North and the Middle East that God kills no salvation inclued for them He gave the Egyptians and the Ethopians for the Hebrews while they were in Egypt why then did he give them away if he was going to save them. The whole house of Israel are a twice purchased people who then purchased the heathen gentiles, who paid the price to get the heathen rejected gentiles except the corrupt church of the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no hope for the rejected gentiles from the beginning. The message to the ethnee is that they can be remarried to the lord of Glory and he is going to present her glorious to himself. Where is the gentiles referred to as a her.
Your friend in search of the truth
Jerry Collins
I can't decide if you're a Christian Identity follower or a John Hagee fan or what. But the "Jew of Jews' Paul himself is abundantly plain in Galatians 3:7-29 that anyone ( and the context of the whole passage is aobut Scripture foreseeing Gentiles would be justified even in the promise to Abraham) "who is Christ's" is "Abraham's offspring and heirs according to the promise" How much more plain could that be? He could just say "Gentiles(non Jews ethnically) can get the spiritual promises but we Jews still have our particular promises" No under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul(Jew of Jews) chooses to call all those (again Galatians 3 is clearly about Gentiles) who trust Christ and are his by faith are Abraham's seed!
As to your ethnee and ethno arguments: anyone who has studied Greek at all know that the endings on any word (ethnos in this case) doesn't change the meaning but only determines its usage. For example "ethnou" would be a possessive or genitive usage. If it were feminie perhaps a construction such as "ethnoi" would designate plural.
I would like some discussion on the OT/NT unity of the church and the terms ekklesia. Enjoying the discussions very much.
Mike Settle
I realize its not 'loving" or politically correct to use the word "heresey" anymore but for Gerald to say "salvation is by race and race alone" is simply heresey. The whole point of Romans 9 is that salvatoin is not by ethnicity it is by promise. Then therefore, Pauls description of any Gentiles who are Christ's are "Abraham's seed" and "heirs accoring to the promise" becomes even more clear. There are non Jews in Jesus' lineage. As Paul said so eloquently, "Not all those desended from Israel belong to Israel and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring."
If Gerald were correct and "salvation is by race and race alone' then Paul should just say "If you are descended from Abraham you are saved". In fact he says just the opposite.
I think the interpersonal dynamic is essential in understanding what the church is. People need to be at the centre of each church. I am not a stickler for tradition, so I am keen to see how the use of different locations has on the views and expectations of 'un-churched' people. Also having a set church format baffles me. Why on earth is a church service the same in Scotland and The USA? As far as I am concerned, the format of a church service should be dependant on the people who make up that specific church. Worship styles, teaching formats, orders of service etc each have countless variations depending on the people involved. This is what I mean when I say that people are at the heart of a church; they impact every aspect of the organisation and meetings of their church. Indeed there should only be one common factor between all churches – the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dear Dr. Knox,
I am 20 years old, a professing Christian, and pursuing my calling of being a preacher. I am preparing a sermon based on the word "church" and defining it. With your article I have gained a much better understanding of the word and it's roots. However, I am stuck on a passage, one that I am sure we're all familiar with.
Matthew 16:18-19 (NKJV)
18 And I tell you that you are Peter,[a] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[b] will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[d] loosed in heaven."
So I have two main questions:
(1) When Jesus states that He is building His church, He says "…you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church"
What is Jesus saying here? Is Peter the foundation of the church? I am aware of other interpretations that fit better. I also have kept in mind Ephesians 2:20, where Christ is mentioned as the chief cornerstone. So how do we describe to non-Christians exactly what Jesus is saying?
(2). When Jesus says "…I will build my church" what "church" is He referring to? A universal one? Or the reference to the establishment of future local congregations?
I feel that this passage here may be one of the most significant in Christian history. Because of this verse, the Catholic church felt that they had the authority to institute a form of hierarchical form of church government which extended past biblical power. Thousands of Christians were martyred and persecuted trying to dissolve the deceitful use of the word church.
I only wish to preach the truth, and say everything only in accordance to God's word. I would love to gain further insight from you and others who are willing to respond.
Best regards,
Stephen Glaus
I take a different approach. Instead of trying to show that "church" is not a true translation for "ekklesia", I define church as what it really is; a man-made, demon-inspired system that is built and maintained with human thinking and human ways. The church has a false Christ. It also has a false priesthood that offers false sacrifices on false altars and preaches a false gospel that will soon be confirmed with false signs and wonders.
The church system is powerful because it is built on our "efficiency" paradigm, that is, 1. hierarchy, 2. formal use of power and authority, 3. Routine or mechanistic ways of getting things done, 4. Predominance of one-way communication. This paradigm has two main supporting philosophies. Taylorism (Scientific Management) and Meritocracy.
This is why I do not try to persuade people think about church as ekklesia, rather, I expose the church for what it (she) really is, the harlot in the Book of Revelation.
My conclusion is that church is the way God is gathering dead branches ready for the fire and that the ekklesia of the Lord Jesus Christ need to come out.
Should the current administration continue to strip away the freedom of religion as guaranteed, and written down, by the Founding Fathers of these United States, and should all the people under the a roof of a church eventually be labelled haters, and prosecuted by the state for their beliefs, and their brick and mortar meeting places (churches) be destroyed, there will still be a "Church". That is, because the Church is the People of God (the Father, the Son, Christ, and the Holy Spirit) and it will endure forever……
How true. Having taken notes on the underground church for 6 years (1963-1969), covering all 2000 years of church history, I can say that oft times the chuch met in a wilderness clearing, and its worship service consisted of a quietly spoke message with soft praises and prayers to God and few, if any songs of praise. In fact at the end of the Dark Ages, the first fight of Baptists was over whether they should have singing at all in their church worship services.
Continuing the subject of 'kingdom' and 'church' definitions I've heard it said that "the Kingdom is bigger than the Church".
I also recently read a definition of the word 'diaspora', which speaks of diasporas as "transnational populations, living in one place, while still maintaining relations with their homelands, being both 'here' and 'there'. …diaspora brings together communities which are not quite nation, not quite race, not quite religion, not quite homesickness, yet they still have something to do with nation, race, religion, longings for homes which may not exist. There are collectivities and communities which extend across geographical spaces and historical experiences. There are vast numbers of people who exist in one place and yet feel intimately related to another."
The Kingdom of heaven consists of these 'collectivities and communities' scattered across the globe like leaven in bread, salt in a meal or tiny growing mustard seeds, longing for their homeland, obeying their real King. Churches are essentially communities of foreigners who have formed embassies, "being both 'here' and 'there'", praying "They will be done on earth as it is in heaven" and making it happen.
The source I quoted- http://www.diasporamatters.com/what-is-meant-by-diaspora/2011/
It's a bit off topic but as usual God's been speaking to me through your writing. God bless.
I am looking for a better understanding of what Jesus meant when He said to Peter parapharase- you will be now cephas, upon this i will build my church>
I think the ROCK that Jesus is referring to in Matt 16:18 is the REVELATION that JESUS is 'the Christ', the 'Son of the Living God'. It's not really the 'church' that is the 'rock' and it's not really that Jesus alone is 'the rock' – and it's not really that Peter is 'the rock' but that the REVELATION OF JESUS is the ROCK.
The WORD (Jesus) comes to dwell in mortal man (Peter). It's the entrance of this WORD (or the revelation) that brings salvation/light/life. Jesus always wants to dwell in and among his people. (The Word became flesh and dwelt among us). The 'overcoming church' is only made possible by the 'indwelling Christ'. (Christ in you-all, the hope of glory)
A definition of 'church' then is not just the assembly of believers, but the indwelling of Jesus within that assembly. We (the believers) are God's field, God's building … we are being built together into a spiritual house – a dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit.
The 'church' is a building – but not a man-made steel, brick and morter thing – but something God is building – made with living stones – God's precious people. (1 Pe 2:5) You can't separate Christ from his church (What God has joined together, let not man separate).
If the indwelling Christ is missing – then I question if it's really 'the church' – whether that be a city or a house gathering.
The Greek word EKKLESIA that Jesus used when He said, "I will build My church" (Matt. 16:18) came from the ancient Greek city-state. An EKKLESIA was a summoned assembly — similar to a town hall meeting — which carried the authoritative power of a convened congressional assembly. Everyone who attended was considered a co-equal participant. They discussed and voted on matters ranging from simple to very important issues, including judicial matters and going to war. There were civil, non-religious assemblies like this in Jesus' day and apostolic times (Acts 19:32, 39, 41).
This same idea, of a summoned assembly of co-equal participants, is what we find unfolding in the New Testament in the life of the church. While God's people are to worship at all times (Rom. 12:1-2), they should meet primarily to edify (build-up) one another — to stir up one another to action: to love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24-25). Mutual ministry (service) through the use of a variety of gifts was the way the church began and continued (Acts 2:42-47; Rom. 12-14; 1 Cor. 12-14; 1 Thess. 5:11; 1 Pet. 4:10). Every member of Christ's body was to be actively involved, not just a 'special few' (1 Cor. 12:14-26).
The church is much more than a congregation or gathering or assembly in the general sense of the word. Unfortunately, 'audience' might be a synonym for church to many people today. But the church should be much more than this. It is an august body; a solemn assembly; an active congress; a spiritually-political gathering. It is charged with conducting kingdom business (Acts 1:1-3; 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25; 28:23, 30-31), including making important judgments (1 Cor. 6:1ff) and preparing for battles of eternal consequence (Eph. 6:11ff).
I oversimplified. I agree that EKKLESIA has varied applications and nuances. It was used to refer to the assembly of Israel (in the LXX) and the synagogue was also an assembly of another kind — probably the 'church' (assembly or congregation) Jesus had in mind initially in Matthew 18:17, but which also carries over to NT assemblies (e.g., 1 Cor. 5:13; Gal. 6:1).
I believe NT usage of EKKLESIA in relation to Christ's assembly further informs us of its meaning for the NT church — hence my parallels at the end of my comment about conducting kingdom business, making important judgments and preparing for spiritual battles.
Of course, EKKLESIA is only one metaphor or word picture for the church. The NT expands our understanding of the church as it describes Jesus' brethren as His/God's family (or household), Bride, sheep, branches, stewards and laborers, slaves, ambassadors, nation, people, royal priesthood, etc.
"these subsets are never set against one another; they remain part of the larger ekklesia."
Since we left a traditional church and started gathering in homes, it has become clearer to me that most Christians draw dividing lines between one another based on which Sunday meeting they attend. My wife and I are working hard to not think that way but to look at all believers as agents for the Kingdom. While i'm critical of the traditional church system, I try to not let someone's choice of meetings affect my relationship with them. That would seem to violate the spirit of Christ's prayer in John and would damage the testimony of the larger ekklesia in the eyes of those outside the group.
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Coming out of the Colonial Athletic Conference, Old Dominion had one of their best seasons in recent memory. They finished with an overall record of 26-8 and won the CAA regular season title with a conference record of 15-3.
This feat alone may have been good enough for an at-large bid, but to make sure they were invited to the dance, the Monarchs rolled through the conference tournament and took home the tournament title as well with a 60-53 win over William& Mary in the final. In winning seven of their last eight games they come into the NCAA's playing their best ball of the season.
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Despite religious differences, over 100 Ugandan Christians living in Boston have raised sh12.6m to revamp Namayiba Mosque, in Nakisunga sub county, Mukono district.
The mosque built about 80 years ago, is the main mosque for the Muslim community in Namayiba Kisilaamu village, Nakisunga Sub County.
According to Geoffrey Nsereko Simple, the chairman organizing committee Uganda North American Association (UNAA), during one of his holiday visits to Uganda last year, he was touched by the dilapidated mosque structure which had remained unfinished for over 20 years.
"I was driving around the village when I saw the mosque in a terrible state, this moved me and I promised myself to do something for my community in Uganda after consulting the mosque leaders on what was needed," said Nsereko, who was born in Namayiba.
He explained that the completion of the mosque had come to a standstill due to lack of sh11.9m to buy materials for the construction work.
Nsereko who is based in Boston added that after getting the budget for the required materials, he approached Ugandans living in America, Canada, Japan among other countries who contributed generously towards the renovation and completion of the mosque.
Speaking during the handover of sh12.6m to the mosque authorities, Nsereko who is the director of Radio Uganda Boston said it was not easy for him to convince people to contribute towards the refurbishment of the mosque, being a non-Muslim.
"Everyone expressed concern why me a non-Muslim was the one leading the campaign to revamp a mosque, they always asked me why not it do for a church you are a Christian," said Nsereko.
He noted that the money will be used to do plastering of the mosque, finishing of the interior and exterior of the mosque as well as flooring and painting.
Some of the Ugandans who contributed towards the Namaiba Mosque revamp project, praised Nsereko for giving back to his community.
"This is rare finding a Christian building a mosque, he has challenged all of us, it is a good gesture which we must all emulate," said Samuel Senfuma, a Ugandan based in Boston.
Doreen Nsubuga another Ugandan based in Boston said; "It is a good thing seeing Christians like us contributing to the completion of a mosque. It brings togetherness in a way".
The Imam Namayiba Mosque Yusuf Kasenge commended the Ugandans in the diaspora for contributing towards what he called Allah's most cherished acts of worship by constructing a mosque.
He said the revamp, will help improve the face of the mosque and also guard it from collapsing due to heavy rains.
"We have had a problem of rains; they have in the past disrupted our prayers and also damaged the walls of our mosque. The donation will go a long way in preventing our prayer place from collapsing," he explained.
He added that over 200 worshippers throng the mosque during weekly Friday prayers.
Local radio personality Meddie Nsereko also donated 50 bags of cement to assist in the renovation of the mosque.
"I feel challenged, for one to renovate a mosque is a great move towards unity and development," he noted.
The last time the mosque underwent upgrading was after it collapsed in early 1990s. The latest round will take place in phases but the mosque will remain open to worshippers during the renovations.


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Should companies be forced to have more women on their boards?(52 Posts)
We were fascinated to see Vince Cable, Business Secretary, saying in his Mumsnet webchat today that he's taking steps to tackle companies who don't have women on their boards.
Vince posted: "We're making a lot of progress on implementing the recommendations for significantly higher levels of female representation on company boards. The numbers are better and we're on track to meet the 25% target by 2015.
"I'm chasing up companies which have women-free boards and had a leading mining company chief executive in my office just this week, answering my questions as to why they hadn't made more progress.
"There are genuine issues about long-term executive pipelines for women which we're tackling through shared parental leave, amongst other policies."
What do you think? Why are there, apparently, still so many barriers to women at board level? Should there be more positive discrimination for women - even measures to force companies to recruit women to their board? Are there enough women aiming to get onto the board of a big company - and, if not, why not? If you are already on a board, what's it like and would you recommend it to other women?
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... and the only woman on business flights, the only woman with children on a board of 12...
No from me too. But I do agree we need better awareness and some kind of auditing that the right decisions are being made ( or looking beyond networks to employ, ensuring better provisions for working mums). These all build up into a fog of issues, so there's no point in putting a sticking plaster over the most obvious crack.
Yes. The argument that women should get there on merit implies that all the old, white men who currently populate the majority of boards in the country got there on merit and that the fact that there are so few women is that women are somehow short on merit.
Or could it be that they're old boys clubs who appoint their mates and shut women and ethnic minorities out? Could it be that an intervention like quotas is needed in order to change the existing men-only culture?
No. It should be the right person for the job, certainly not positive discrimination. That does no-one any favours.
"I'm a bit bored of women using their gender as an excuse."
What that means is, "I'm a bit bored of women pretending that the only reason they don't get do as well in life as men is because of systemic sexism, when everyone knows it's purely and simply because they're inferior to men."
That's what that means.
Some of these posts have really made me laugh - the sexist notion that you wouldn't have respect for a woman on the board if she got there by quota, but you're perfectly happy to respect a man who has got there because he's had an inbuilt advantage (maleness) to enable him to get there. This thing of jobs should not be given because of what's between your legs - but they already are! Men make it to the top more than women do, purely and simply because every single structure and practice from the time they are born to the time they die, advantages them unfairly in comparison to women. If you don't believe that, then you're with Coolstorybro and basically, you just think that women are probably shit and men are simply superior. Lots of people think that deep down, but aren't really aware of thinking it because it's never phrased outright like that, it's just implied.
Something needs to happen or we'll be having this discussion in 50 years time still. Positive discrimination as a policy has been in the offing since the 80s. We're 30 years on talking about it and nothing much has changed.
People that think that "the best person for the job" is some sort of objective value-free criterium are deluded.
Well as a female in one of the rather low tier jobs in a male dominated industry (are you still with me?) I can tell you that I witness women getting off with unbelievable business and personal weaknesses, because they are women.
Of course there are men who are absolutely shit at their jobs too, but that is often recognised and usually dealt with.
I'm speaking from personal experience and I think it will be a terrible day if we have to have a quota of genders in management.
Creeping - just to confirm...you want positive discrimination, so you want women because they are women, black people because they are black people, blind people because they are blind people, tall people because they are tall people.
Is that what you want?
I don't believe that any company would appoint somebody in a position if they thought they couldn't do the job, whether male/female, black/white able/disabled. Also it is not often the case that there is only one suitable candidate for a position. I think quota would force companies to actively consider female/black/disabled candidates who would otherwise be dismissed too easily, unconsciously for the wrong reasons. I wouldn't want people appointed solely for being black/female/disabled, but I doubt that that is what would happen anyway. They would have to be able to do the job. Thing is, often when somebody who is not able to do their job (it happens) the ones that are black/female/disabled suddenly become representative of their group, and taken as a reason why hiring somebody black/female/disabled doesn't work. When men don't succeed, there is no such sentiment. They happily employ the next man, without giving it a second thought.
ItsYoni, I'm curious - id that in multiple companies or just your current employer?
If the employer is not providing eg guidance, training, warnings where necessary to women as well as men, why is that? It does nobody any favours, including the women if there was something they could do to improve.
Yes (slightly reluctantly)
It would be lovely if we could trust that everyone would get into positions of power solely on merit but it just doesn't happen that way. Take a long hard look at our dear Government for example. I think the only way that things will start to change for women in the workplace is if there are more women around. I think it's also essential that parents are able to share the majority of maternity/paternity leave between them - the only way some people will be convinced that maternity leave is not just an extended holiday is if men start to take similar amounts of time off for parenting reasons.
I work in a senior management role in a team that is extremely well gender-balanced. Gender is really not a factor, and that reflects the fact that the middle management team is also well-balanced.
I personally think that the root to the problem is the cost of childcare, and that the govt should focus their efforts there rather than quotas for senior roles. If capable people take themselves out of the workplace not through choice, but because they can't afford to work, they won't get the opportunity to build the networks, and gain the experience and qualifications, that help to progress to board level. Sexism may still exist, but if there is a balanced pool of candidates (not enforced inclusions in the shortlist) it is harder for people to justify a discriminatory decision.
Before I'm flamed, I'm not at all making comment on men or women who choose to raise families - I'm just aware of many people who stop working because they can't afford the costs of working - childcare, train/bus fares, other expenses.
My organisation pays a contribution to childcare costs for all staff with children under age 5.
No no no. I really hate positive discrimination.
Companies should make it easier to be a woman and have a high level job. With flexible working, better childcare options etc. (Availablebto all, not just women). Then the situation would sort itself out.
EATmum, I wouldn't flame you. Your examples shows how it should be. In a gender balanced environment, from bottom to top, the need for positive action will disappear.
But how do we get there?
I can't see it happening in the next 50 years, perhaps a hundred years, if it continues at the rate is does now. While I agree with you that childcare has a lot to do with it, I don't see the political will to make drastic changes there either. So we'll need other strategies to make it happen.
The problem with addressing the issue through childcare/flexible working (although obviously that needs addressing) is the lag period. If most boards (in my experience) are predominantly staffed with males of 50 plus, how long would it take women (once the flexible working and childcare is sorted) to catch up?
There needs to be more positive action in some way to make Boards look beyond their normal network sooner when recruiting.
Why's it the company's or government's responsibility to make childcare easier? In my experience its the men that I'm in direct competition with who refuse to play an active role in bringing up their own kids that cause the problem. Childcare issues are irrelevant, they never do any.
I think quotas are necessary because asking nicely and pointing out the facts just does not work.
You still get people - women, even - saying 'oh, I'm opposed to quotas because appointments should be on merit'. Missing the point so badly! Appointments are not on merit now, clearly - unless you believe all women are thicker than all men - and the only way to redress that seems to be quotas. Without them, we'll be waiting another 100 years for parity and our granddaughters will probably still be fighting for a fair chance.
(And numberlock has a point, I know families where the high-flying career Daddy has never, ever, looked after his children on his own - if his wife is ever out or away he gets his Mum down to 'help out'. Pathetic. Yet someone is paying this guy a six-figure salary and, according to financial pages, a very hefty bonus - yet he's incapable of managing a toddler and two small children, apparently.)
I used to think that quotas for women on Boards was a bad idea because I thought that the sex discrimination laws we have would allow more women to rise on merit to the very top.
That very clearly has not happened and I was wrong and I now strongly believe we need quotas. I am a man and reported directly into board members in my last job. My DW also regularly advised boards of multinationals. I can tell you that the reason women don't get on the board is because MEN stop them and not because women aren,t up to the job or don't want it. It is very simple. Men at the top routinely discriminate against women and promote other men who are friends and associates. I've seen it happen and it is absolutely blatant.
Sorry but it is true and it is MEN who promote other useless MEN onto boards instead of promoting women who are better qualified.
I know 3 women trying to get non executive positions in the hope that they might eventually get enough experience to take full executive positions. They always get turned down because a MAN gets chosen who already has a board position.
We need quotas. There is obviously a quota for men which means 90% of board seats have to be filled by a MAN - why can't it just be a 50:50 quota instead of 90:10?
By the way....men are not baffled by women. The truth is that some men just hate women and if one of those men is at the top of an organisation no women will get to the board. Simple as that. It only takes one 'woman hating man' to black ball a potential female board candidate.
I really do want people to stop making excuses about this.
Yes because it isn't changing of its own accord and frankly, I don't want to wait a millennia for equality. As has been said before, men have benefitted from discrimination for a very long time.
Exactly, Numberlock, exactly.
So what's the answer, Doctrine?
Do the wives of these types have to take some responsibility for enabling this unlimited access to work problem which, let's face it is the real issue?
Because I can't see any incentive or motivation for these men to change of their own volition.
I don't think there is one, Numberlock.
As society evolves, maybe there will be more women with SAHD partners who act the same, or more of those men we are seeing will have partners with equal careers and will be sorting childcare half the week.
As labour evolves, maybe men and women working flexibly will be more accepted "at the top".
I do think NED roles are a good place to start on boards as they are automatically part time so some of the issues are covered that way.
Responsibility is wrong - acknowledgement, maybe. But the men in question should also acknowledge their benefit, I think.
Financially speaking, there's a point on the returns graph of childcare costs, long term prospective earnings of both partners, one vs two tax bands etc etc where having one partner SAH is an economically rational choice.
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That being said, if it was transferred to your PC, why not check if it's in the trash from Explorer and un-delete from there, ie: if Win8 still has that.
And if the files aren't there?
Better re-download the files again.
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It just happened at a restaurant in Indianapolis, according to NBC 13 in Indianapolis. Several patrons of Ike and Jonesy's restaurant say their cards were compromised. A regular customer, Anika Crowe, told NBC 13 WTHR that her card was hit for more than $900.
"Over the last week, she and fellow workers got warnings from their banks about suspicious transactions on their credit and debit cards," NBC 13 reported. Crowe's card information was used to make purchases in Arkansas, in Ohio and overseas. She and the other victims all received warnings about their cards within a week of eating at the restaurant.
So far, the connection in this case isn't clear, but the ways a card can be compromised vary.
An employee or other person can see the card's numbers and write them down. Devices called skimmers can be hidden in card swipers to hijack the numbers. Some cards can even be read by other devices when a person walks by.
Restaurant Finance Monitor, an industry website, says "92 percent of all data breaches are external, and the number of breaches grows annually, a big problem for restaurants — 65 percent of all data breaches take place in the hospitality and retail industries."
This means that 92 percent of the theft comes from people who do not work at the restaurants.
When card numbers are stolen, Restaurant Finance Monitor says, most often they are sold on the back market.
EHow.com says the easiest way to avoid this sort of fraud is to use cash. Keeping track of charges and monitoring accounts helps in spotting fraud as well.
USA Today reported about how one company is using technology to stop data thieves.
"The system, called RAIL, introduces a novel way for restaurant patrons to pay for a meal using a proprietary mobile device designed expressly to frustrate data thieves," USA Today says. "RAIL instantaneously encrypts data from each restaurant sale in real time."
The mobile device, created by Viableware in Seattle, looks like a cross between an iPad and a restaurant check wallet. Patrons can self-swipe their cards and sign with a stylus on the touch screen. There is even an option to pass the RAIL device around the table so people can pay individually for their parts of the meal.
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Ashley Judd had an impressive film career with intense dramas like "Normal Life" and "Norma Jean and Marilyn," along with popular thrillers like "Double Jeopardy" and "Kiss the Girls."
Then she took time off to get a Masters degree.
Now she's back, and on television, and kicking more butt than in all of her films combined. We got to ask her a bunch of questions about "Missing" when Judd met with the Television Critics Association.
CraveOnline: You are awesome on this show. You'd had some movies where you did some action, but had you always wanted to play a full on trained, operative type action heroine character?
Ashley Judd: Did I want to play a trained operative for the CIA? Well, it seems to have gone rather well. So I can confide in you that, when I was able to say that line without laughing, I knew I'd be okay. Kind of daunting, you know. It's no small thing to be a trained operative for the CIA. I didn't take it lightly.
CraveOnline: How did you get comfortable with all of the training and physicality?
Ashley Judd: Well, I'd had a very sedentary life until I began filming "Missing." I went to graduate school, and I wrote a book. So I say, and I mean it quite sincerely, I sat down for two and a half years, and I didn't get up until it was time to do that.
So I just got on my yoga mat with a few teachers I really like and who I trust, and fortunately I've got good muscle memory, and it came back, and it was a way not only to be really in my body and flexible, but to make sure I stayed safe and didn't get hurt. And then it was just time to fight. And I love to fight, and I find it easy and rewarding.
CraveOnline: What style of martial arts did you learn?
Ashley Judd: None. I just fight.
CraveOnline: Did you get a full report on the background of your character from the beginning?
Ashley Judd: Yes, the producers and writers provided me with a very clear sense of who Becca Winstone was and is. And when we got about two episodes in they gave me a timeline of my whole character, because as you will see in all of these flashbacks with Sean Bean, in spite of the fact that we love each other very much, and we work together as CIA operatives, the marriage was not an easy one.
So they created this timeline for me that showed, for example, how the Adriano Giannini character intruded upon our marriage. Then he is an asset I reach out to at home when my son goes missing, so it is this horrible collision for me of my past and my present. And the writers gave me all of that in a very clear timeline.
CraveOnline: Have you had a chance to have fun in the fabulous places you have worked in?
Ashley Judd: The best time I had was hiking the Ceské Švýcarsko National Park. The
Czechs call it Bohemian Switzerland. That was pretty extraordinary. They have reintroduced the otter and the Peregrine Falcon and that was my favorite place. Filming in Istanbul was a total joy. We had to pause filming for the Call to Prayer every hour and in Prague there is a guy that comes out and plays his bugle every night at 6 and we would have to pause for that.
Or we would be filming in the very famous Old Town Square and the Astronomical Clock would go off and all of a sudden, right before the hour, 10,000 tourists would materialize because they all wanted to see this wonder of the world. So those things were easy to work around because they were all part of the awe and magic of being in Europe.
CraveOnline: How did the experience of going back to school inform your acting?
Ashley Judd: Well, there were times when I would wake up from my nap after lunch and say, "What am I doing here?' because I really love that other part of my life but I would have these long conversations with God as I understand God and say both things are true. I have got this very robust dedication to human rights and social justice, and I am a very creative person. I don't necessarily understand how they fit, but clearly God does, so I am just going to do the next good, right, honest thing, have some fun and let go of the outcome.
I really had to be prepared. You know, very emotionally prepared, I mean, there were times when the directors were happy after one take and I'm like, "I am kinda having fun here may I do another?" So just knowing that I could bring it at the level that is important to me with every single take and every single scene. There is no kind of exploring and then on take 11 saying, "Yeah, I'm feeling good."
CraveOnline: It's interesting to hear you talk about spirituality because there is a philosophy these days that a big consciousness shift is coming in the whole world. Shows like "Touch" are exploring it too. Do you believe that?
Ashley Judd: Well, I think that when I change my mind I change the world and as long as individuals are taking responsibility for themselves and doing their best to be a part of the solution that consciousness shift is inevitable.
CraveOnline: One of my favorite roles of yours is "Norma Jean and Marilyn." Have you had a chance to see "My Week With Marilyn" and did that have any special connection for you?
Ashley Judd: I haven't yet but I am looking forward to seeing it.


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Steamboat briefs: Foundation to match contributions to Yampa Valley Partners
October 24, 2010
Steamboat Springs — Yampa Valley Partners has announced a challenge grant opportunity provided by the Anschutz Family Foundation. The foundation will match contributions made to Yampa Valley Partners from regional businesses and individuals to a total of $5,000.
The Anschutz Family Foundation states that its challenge grants are issued to "generate momentum and to provide an incentive for new donors, spur an organization towards creative and diligent fundraising, provide both an impact on the organization's financial picture in the short term and to provide long-term ripple effects from a broadened donor base and increased community support."
A successful effort to meet this challenge will assist Yampa Valley Partners in ongoing efforts to provide economic, environmental, social and civic information to the region in the form of the Community Indicators Report, Fast Facts and the recently implemented economic forecast newsletter.
For more information or to make a tax-deductible contribution, call Kate Nowak at 970-824-1133 or 970-819-0570, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, P.O. Box 1641, Craig, CO 81626.
CMC faculty member has show in Glenwood Springs
Cynthia Zyzda, a Colorado Mountain College associate professor of visual arts and humanities in Steamboat Springs, has an art exhibit at CMC's gallery in Glenwood Springs. The exhibit is inspired by her work at a Montana clinic that rehabilitates injured raptors. Zyzda will present 20 to 25 mixed-media pieces at the CMC Gallery, 831 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs, through Nov. 24.
The CMC Gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call 970-947-8367.
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Chamber seeks artwork for Steamboat All Arts Festival
The Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association and the Steamboat All Arts Festival committee are seeking artwork to use for marketing and promotional materials for the third annual Steamboat All Arts Festival from Aug. 18 to 21. Artwork submissions should represent Steamboat in summer.
Submissions can be dropped off in hard copy form at the Steamboat Springs Visitors Center, 125 Anglers Drive, or e-mailed as a JPEG to email@example.com. The deadline is Nov. 30.
Children invited to listen to scary stories at library
The Bud Werner Memorial Library invites children ages 8 and older to listen to bone-chilling tales in the dark of the library's Story-time Room at 6 p.m. Friday. The program will feature local members of Spellbinders, a volunteer storytelling organization. For more information, call 970-879-0240, ext. 313, or visit http://www.steamboatlibrary.org/kids.
Library's Junior Storytellers program is planned today
Bud Werner Memorial Library introduces Junior Storytellers for children ages 9 and older. Learn to tell folktales and stories in the oral tradition (without reading from a book). Each meeting will include improv games, practice using voice, gestures, and audience participation, and preparing to tell stories for a live audience. Junior Storytellers will be coached by Children's Librarian Sarah Kostin and Strawberry Park Media Specialist Sherry Holland. Meet in the library's Story-time Room at 4:45 p.m. (Library closes at 5 p.m.) today, Nov. 14 and 28 and Dec. 12.


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Research:Family Distress 9253
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American female with a troubled life, she was the only child of divorced parents. Her childhood was unstable, as she had an unhappy relationship with her alcoholic and domineering mom, and her dad constantly drifted in and out of her life. She married an authoritative man at 18, and they had two kids together.
In 11/1973, her husband tried to kill her, then took the kids and left for a week. She withdrew, and when found in a fetal position, was taken to a psychotherapist for treatment. Six years later, in 1980, she got a divorce. She did not learn until 1990 that her husband had been incestuous with their daughter. Attempting to mend her own fences, she made a successful attempt to contact her dad in 8/1981, and was able to establish a relationship with him until his death in 7/1986.
- child relationship with Incest Victim 13720 (born 7 October 1961)
- Crime : Assault/ Battery Victimization November 1973 (Husband tried to kill her)
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- Relationship : Marriage 1960 (To authoritative man)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1980 (From authoritative man)
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- Diagnoses : Psychological : Nervous Breakdown (Found in fetal position)
- Family : Childhood : Memories Bad (Mom alcoholic, dad drifter)
- Family : Parenting : Kids -Traumatic event (Husband incestuous, kidnapped kids)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (20 years married)
- Family : Relationship : Stress - Domestic violence (Husband tried to kill her)


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Predicting cycles in economic activity
Predicting cycles in economic activity is one of the more challenging but important aspects of economic forecasting. This paper reports the results from estimation of binary probit models that predict the probability of an economy being in a recession using a variety of financial and real activity indicators. The models are estimated for eight countries, both individually and using a panel regression. Although the success of the models varies, they are all able to identify a significant number of recessionary periods correctly.
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- Graciela Kaminsky & Saul Lizondo & Carmen M. Reinhart, 1998.
"Leading Indicators of Currency Crises,"
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Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 45(1), pages 1-48, March.
- Graciela Laura Kaminsky, 1997. "Leading Indicators of Currency Crises," IMF Working Papers 97/79, International Monetary Fund.
- Reinhart, Carmen & Kaminsky, Graciela & Lizondo, Saul, 1998. "Leading Indicators of Currency Crises," MPRA Paper 6981, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Kaminsky, Graciela & Lizondo, Saul & Reinhart, Carmen M., 1997. "Leading indicators of currency crises," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1852, The World Bank.
- Bussiere, Matthieu & Fratzscher, Marcel, 2006. "Towards a new early warning system of financial crises," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 25(6), pages 953-973, October.
- Bussière, Matthieu & Fratzscher, Marcel, 2002. "Towards a new early warning system of financial crises," Working Paper Series 0145, European Central Bank.
- Fratzscher, Marcel & Matthieu Bussiere, 2003. "Towards A New Early Warning System of Financial Crises," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 81, Royal Economic Society.
- Goodwin, Thomas H, 1993. "Business-Cycle Analysis with a Markov-Switching Model," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 11(3), pages 331-339, July.
- Hali J. Edison, 2003. "Do indicators of financial crises work? An evaluation of an early warning system," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 8(1), pages 11-53.
- Hali J. Edison, 2000. "Do indicators of financial crises work? an evaluation of an early warning system," International Finance Discussion Papers 675, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
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The Firing Line Forums
Hogan's Alley
Tactics and Training
> I work for the govenment and I'm here to help
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September 5, 2006, 12:29 PM
September 5, 2006, 01:16 PM
That's the human races' way of self-cleansing.
September 5, 2006, 01:33 PM
And yes, his finger is on the trigger.
That's GOT to be a Photoshopped joke of somekind, right?
kenneth owens
September 5, 2006, 01:35 PM
I am speechless:eek:
September 5, 2006, 02:32 PM
One can only hope...
tony pasley
September 5, 2006, 02:35 PM
this is a result when people try to interfer with natural selection process.
Ace On The Line
September 5, 2006, 02:53 PM
The ATF agent actually survived as the bullet went in one ear and out the other. Later stating that he had indeed been a lucky man that there was nothing vital in between.
September 5, 2006, 02:54 PM
i dont think that was photo shopped, probably staged to make a funny picture...
still stupid though
September 5, 2006, 03:42 PM
It definitely isn't hard to get a hat that says ATF. If you think this one is real and not staged, I have some ocean side property in Kansas you might be interested in... letting it go at a real bargain.
September 5, 2006, 04:21 PM
Charles Darwin would approve.
September 5, 2006, 04:30 PM
Wait, you mean you guys don't use your gat for hearing protection? ;)
September 8, 2006, 12:34 AM
Is he as "professional" as the DEA guy?
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The photo challenge this week from The Studio Sublime was appropriate given the Valentine's Day holiday. We are to present you with The Beauty of Flowers. Living in Montana and it being February and I can assure you that there are no flowers to be found outside right now. At least none that are living!
I had thought to show photos of my wedding bouquet as my anniversary is next week; I was a somewhat nontraditional bride – I carried silk flowers. They were just coming into vogue way back in 1982 when I walked down the aisle with my love and given that I wed in the doldrums of winter on an island off of New Jersey that was a summer resort destination as opposed to anywhere people would want to be in February fresh flowers were frighteningly expensive.
I was getting married on a budget. A serious budget. My parents didn't have a lot of money, my husband had just started his law practice and both of us had student loans. I am proud to say that we had a wedding that people STILL remember 31 years later as one of the best parties they ever attended and the whole shebang – my dress included – only cost $2500 for 250 guests with alcohol. (Using an inflation calculator that would be just under $5900 in today's money – pretty impressive, eh?)
The only thing not in that number is the honeymoon but that is another story altogether.
My bouquet was white roses and purple violets with some live ivy to trail. My mother took the ivy and got it to root. I had the flowers set into an arrangement that sat on my mantle for years until they disintegrated. I had my bridesmaids flowers made into baskets for them to display after the wedding as well.
You can tell it was an 80ies wedding. It was not the kindest era for wedding fashion. Or any fashion for that matter.
Life throws one surprises though and plans don't always work out as one thinks they will. The hubby and I haven't really done much for Valentine's Day for many a year – he would get me a card and I'd cook a special dinner. Something we would not ordinarily eat. This year I bought scallops. Our budget is tight and spending money on silly things like flowers is just not done any longer. The scallops were expensive enough!
But he can surprise me at the oddest times. He went out to ostensibly run an errand and he came home with these….
I know to most they are nothing grand but to me they such a big surprise.
I adore carnations and they last so long. I'll have them to look at for much longer than roses.
So I give you my Valentine from my love.
Bright, cheery, colorful and unexpected.
He knows I love surprises and this was one that made me smile and is keeping me smiling.
I sit and look at my carnations and think back on 32 Valentine's Days (we dated for a year – well sort of. He proposed after 6 weeks so was it really dating all that time?) and the memories make me smile all the more.
There is much beauty in flowers.
Especially in Montana in February.
Especially when a complete surprise.
Especially from someone you love who loves you back.
Even a simple carnation.


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Ron Swanson Offers Bacon Shortage Advice
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"When it comes to bacon, be prepared." Words of wisdom from manly man Ron Swanson on how to deal with the impending global bacon shortage. His advice is to get a lot of it and hide it wherever you can. If that doesn't work he also recommends hoarding. Whatever you do, just do something.


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"U. S. Delegation visiting Hawaii for Statehood Celebration, Nov. 25, 1959, paid an official call to Gen. I. D. White, at Fort Shafter, Oahu, Hawaii. Left to right: Lt. Gen. T.J.H. Trapnell, Dep. Cdr. in Chief & Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Pacific; Sen. Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska); Sen. Thomas E. Martin (R-Iowa); Sen. Spessard L. Holland (D-Fla.); Gen. White; Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif.) and Sen. Russell B. Long (D-La.)."
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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea and SINGAPORE, March 25, 2014 /CNW/ - InterOil Corporation (NYSE: IOC; POMSoX: IOC) announced that it will hold a conference call to discuss closing of the revised sale and purchase agreement with Total SA covering the Elk-Antelope gas field in Petroleum Retention License 15 in Papua New Guinea. The conference call will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 7:30 a.m. Central (8:30 a.m. Eastern) to discuss the details of the transaction.
The conference call can be heard through a live audio web cast on the company's website at www.interoil.com or accessed by dialing +1-612-332-0345. A replay of the broadcast will be available soon afterwards on the website.
About InterOil
InterOil Corporation is an independent oil and gas business with a primary focus on Papua New Guinea and the surrounding region. InterOil's assets include one of Asia's largest undeveloped gas fields, Elk-Antelope, in the Gulf Province, exploration licenses covering about 16,000sqkm (4 million acres), Papua New Guinea's only oil refinery, and retail and commercial petroleum distribution facilities throughout the country. The company employs more than 1100 people and has its main offices in Singapore and Port Moresby. InterOil is listed on the New York and Port Moresby stock exchanges.
Investor contacts for InterOil
Wayne Andrews, Vice President Capital Markets
Don Spector, Chief Financial Officer
Phone: +1-281-292-1800
Phone: +65 6507 0222
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Phone: +1-281-292-1800
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Phone: +61 418 708 663
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