Abstract

It is a truism that changes in word usage can involve more than semantics, and changes in structured relationships can involve more than efficiency. In recent years, both kinds of changes have tended to reflect differing perspectives on the missionary task of the Church. Reviewing all this from a Lutheran perspective, Dr. Martenson asks us to maintain the careful distinction between the task of inter-church relationships and the task of establishing new churches where none now exist. Only then, he feels, will all churches be truly free to participate in the latter endeavor — the specifically missionary task.

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