I am a Baptist missionary. Baptists have long held, to some extent, Christian Restorationist inclinations. This is also known as Christian Primitivism. This assumes that the "ideal church" or "perfect church" existed shortly after Pentecost, and slowly there was a degradation over time into the mess we are in now. A different variation on this …
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Church and Missions Relationship
How one sees the relationship between the church and missions has ramifications on how one sees missions. Consider three perspectives as shown above. First let's consider OPTION A. With this perspective, the church consists of local churches only. Missions occurs only to the extent that local churches directly carry out missions. There are two groups …