Open AccessThe application of Ephesians 4:11 in the recent missional debate with reference to Scripture
Author(s) -
Barry van Wyk
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
in die skriflig/in die skriflig
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-0853
pISSN - 1018-6441
DOI - 10.4102/ids.v52i3.2305
Subject(s) - appeal , interpretation (philosophy) , body of christ , jesus christ , theology , philosophy , history , art , sociology , law , political science , faith , linguistics
The church is prominent in the letter to the Ephesians in the sense that the absence of the local church is highlighted with all the attention focused on the headship of Jesus Christ over everything, and therefore also over the church. The textual reference to Ephesians 4:11 refers to a range of gifts which require interpretation, especially in light of the recent appeal to the church to be a missional church as a contemporary direction for the present-day church.