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Introduction and Survey of Approaches Survey of Approaches Pre-1950 Apostle-Church Mission Continuity Apostle-Church Mission Discontinuity 1950-Present Apostle Church Mission Discontinuity Apostle-Church Mission Continuity The church`s Mission in the Pauline Letters: A Theological Basis for Apostolic Continuity Definitions Church and Apostle Theological Basis of the Church`s Apostolic Mission The Nature of the GOspel The Gospel as Power The Dynamic Gospel and Paul`s Apostolic Mission The Dynamic Gospel and the church`s Mission Paul`s Theology of Mission Within the Broader New Testament Understanding of the Church`s Mission Excursus: Discontinuity and Missionary Activity Between the Old Testament and the New Testament Excursus: Pauline Coworkers Paul`s Instructions to Evangelize Paul`s commands to Witness Actively Paul`s Instruction to the Philippians to Proclaim the Gospel Paul`s Instruction to the Ephesians to Proclaim the Gospel Paul`s Instruction to the Corinthians to Evangelize The Church`s Active Witness: Concluding Thoughts Pauline Commands to Witness Passively Incidental Evidence that Paul Expected the Churches to Spread the Gospel in the Apostolic Pattern Miracles, Prayer and Teaching in Paul and in the Church Divine Confirmation of the Gospel Through Miracles Praying for Missions and the Church Teaching and Building up the Church Suffering in Paul and in the Church Christian Identity: Why the Apostles and Church Suffered The Social and Historical Context of Christian Suffering Patterns of Christian Suffering in the Pauline Letters