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The Missions and Missional Purpose of Ephesians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The readers of Timothy van Aarde’s book will discover that the author of Ephesians had in mind to commit to the church the task of proclaiming to the nations the gospel and that this gospel had to be practically lived out in the local community, in word and deed (Eph 1–3). Consequently, the early church practiced a form of mission to the local community that has been rediscovered in the modern context as the missional church (Eph 4–6). Such a missional reading of the Scriptures is needed today.”