Assingment #4

What is the relationship and what is the difference between parachurch and church ministry?

The relationship in both a church and a parachurch is that they both are ministries for reaching out to people. For those that don't know what a parachurch is, it can be a missionaries, a Christian camp such as Hidden Acres.

The difference in a church and a parachurch, is that a parachurch is supposed to be temporary Another difference is that there may not be a pastor there to learn from every week, so you shouldn't substitute a parachurch, for a church and think that you don't have to go to a church because your working at a Christian camp or whatever.

A parachurch is a ministry made to follow a church but not necessarily serve the church all the time. The church is made by God and the parachurch is made by man. Parachurches are sociological understood and evaluated, and churches are Biblically understood and evaluated.