What is the relationship between a church and a parachurch ministry?
We will start with what is a parachurch? A parachurch is an organization that is faith-based that work outside of and across denominations to engage in social welfare and evangelism, usually independent of church over sight.
How do these work together? My favorite analogy is the church is a rhino and the parachurch is the birds who sit on the back of the rhino and eat off the bugs. Parachurches don’t hurt the church but if there was no church the parachurch would suffer greatly.
The parachurch was mans creation because churches wanted something more long side of the church. Many churches want their members to have friendships with each other and to grow these bonds it is very helpful to get them out of the “church” setting and put them somewhere they can relax. Parachurches make a great setting for people to come together and culturally bond.
There are some churches that fund a parachurch whether that is a camp or missionaries. I hope this answered the question. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts.
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