Theological Dictionary word of the day: the Gospels
Books in the new testament referred to as the Gospels:

In Christianity, gospel means "good news". Received opinion holds that the word gospel derives from the Old English god "good", and spell "news", a translation of the Greek word ευαγγέλιον, euangelion (eu good, -angelon message) (from this word comes the term "evangelist"). However, the word corresponding to "good" in Old English had a long vowel, and would normally develop into a MnE *goospel, leading some scholars to hold that the Old English term was not a translation of the Greek "good news," but rather a fresh coinage, "message concerning God."

Gospel has generally been used in three ways:

1. To denote the proclamation of God's saving activity in Jesus of Nazareth or to denote the message proclaimed by Jesus of Nazareth. This is the original New Testament usage (for example Mark 1:14-15 or 1 Corinthians 15:1-9, see also Strong's G2098).
2. More popularly to refer to the four canonical Gospels, which are attributed to the Four Evangelists: (Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John); and sometimes other non-canonical works (eg. Gospel of Thomas), that offer a narrative of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
3. Some modern scholars have used the term to denote a hypothetical genre of Early Christian literature (cf. Peter Stuhlmacher, ed., Das Evangelium und die Evangelien, Tübingen 1983, also in English: The Gospel and the Gospels).

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TIMOTHY MISSION FAMILY LOOKS FORWARD
(3 February, 2007, Beloit, WI)

On Saturday, representatives, missionaries, and workers from Timothy Ministries convened at Clare Cottage for a day of devotional Christian worship, prayer, and planning for the next 15 months. The people who compose the Timothy Ministries mission team are always seeking God's way forward and wanting to be in position to serve where there are real spiritual needs on the fields where they are invited to work.

The mission emphasis (for manpower, time, and resources) is shifting slightly to include Bible teaching and ministry training (which has always been at the centre of Timothy Ministries' ethos), plus revival preaching for the strengthening of the local church, spiritually and in terms of effective outreach for Christ.

To that end, Dr. Larry and Susan Correll will be spending more time as itinerant teaching and preaching missionaries, both overseas and here in North America. During the next 15 months, they will be working with...

• a number of local churches in America... in Bible Teaching Conferences and Revival Preaching Ministries.


• Kum Bible College personnel and sites in Lujizweni, Six Trees, Capetown, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. (in conjunction with short-term workers, Joe and Dawn Correll, Dr. Philip Allen, and Rudy and Marty Zuniga)


• Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Charismatic leaders in Kinshasa, DRCongo.


• Church leaders in up to seven venues in England and Scotland, including Cheshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire, Cumbria, and Aberdeenshire. (in conjunction with Philip and Helen Clarke)


• Church Leaders in two venues in Belgium, in Auvelais and Dour.


• Mission Workers, Buck and Mary Van Zandt, in the Naco, Mexico Training School Project in conjunction with Indian Trails Mission, Arizona.

At this writing, two other missions in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Zurich, Switzerland are being discussed for later this year.

Please pray for the traveling ministries that attach to the work of Timothy Ministries personnel. Please pray for the effective communication of God's Word and the Holy Spirit's Power both in America and overseas. Please pray that Timothy Ministries workers will be good and faithful servants of Christ wherever they go, demonstrating a clear testimony of salvation, a keen faith in Jesus, and a humble heart.

2 Timothy 2: 2..... training Christian workers around the world.... until Christ comes,

Larry & Susan Correll
http://timothyministries.org

Little by little, the prophetic idea of Kum Bible College is not only becoming reality, but extending far beyond what any of us could've ever imagined. We praise and glorify the Name of our Lord Jesus for His far-thinking and far-reaching vision. The work will never be done until He comes. Until then, we want to equip, enable, and encourage the African believers to "sweep across the African continent like a divine tsunami, changing the course of history with the powerful wind of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the holy rain of the Spirit of God!" We have heard that call on our lives more clearly than ever.

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(BELOIT, WI - 22 August 2006)

Latest Photos from KUM Bible College main campus, Kum Bible College East, Six Trees village, mountain farms near Lesotho, Anointed Voice of Africa Ministries, Kwa-Zulu Natal, and the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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