Moving in the Apostolic

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Regal Books is a ministry of Gospel Light, a Christian publisher dedicated to serving the local church. We believe God's vision for Gospel Light is to provide church leaders with biblical, user-friendly materials that will help them evangelize, disciple and minister to children, youth and families. It is our prayer that this Regal book will help you discover biblical truth for your own life and help you meet the needs of others. May God richly bless you. For a free catalog of resources from Regal Booh/Gospel Light, please call your Christian supplier or contact us at 1-800-4-GOSPEL or www.regalbooks.com. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979,1980,1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Other versions used are: Amp. O.T.—The Amplified Bible, Old Testament. Copyright © 1965, 1987 by The Zondervan Corporation. Used by permission. The Bible: An American Translation by J. M. Powis Smith and Edgar J. Goodspeed. Copyright © 193S by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. The Bible: James Moffatt Translation by James A. R. Moffatt. Copyright © 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1935 by Harper Collins San Francisco. Copyright 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 by James A. R. Moffatt. Printed in the United States of America. The Holy Bible: A Translation from the Latin Vulgate in the Light of the Hebrew and Greek Originals by Monsignor Ronald Knox. Copyright © 1954 by Sheed and Ward, Inc., New York. Used with the permission of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and Burns and Oates, Ltd. KJV—Kingjames Version. Authorized King James Version. MLB—Modem Language Bible, The New Berkeley Version. Copyright © 1945, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1987, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Peabody, MA 01960. Used by permission. NASB-Scripture taken from the New American Standard Bible, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. NEB—The New English Bible. © The Delegates of Oxford University Press and The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961, 1970, 1989. Reprinted by permission. The New Testament in the Language of Today by William F. Beck. Copyright © 1963 by Concordia Publishing House. Norlie's Simplified New Testament. Copyright© 1961, Zondervan Publishing House. PHILLIPS-The New Testament in Modem English, Revised Edition, J. B. Phillips, Translator. © J. B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972. Used by permission of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 866 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022. TLB Verses marked (TLB) ate taken from The Living Bible © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189. All rights reserved. Weymouth's New Testament in Modem Speech by Richard Francis Weymouth, as revised by J. A. Robertson. Used by permission of Harper and Row Publishers, Inc. and James Clarke and Company Ltd. WNT— From The Williams New Testament, The New Testament in the Language of the People by Charles B. Williams. © Copyright 1937, 1966, 1986 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. © Copyright 1999 by John Eckhardt. All rights reserved. Edited by Kathi Mills and David Webb Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eckhardt, John, 1957 Moving in the Apostolic / John Eckhardt. p. cm. ISBN 0-8307-2373-0 (trade paper) 1. Apostolate (Christian theology). I. Title. BV60,1.2.E35 1999 98-45962 262 .1-dc21 CIP 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 / 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 OS 04 Rights for publishing this book in other languages are contracted by Gospel Light Worldwide, the international nonprofit ministry of Gospel Light. Gospel Light Worldwide also provides publishing and technical assistance to international publishers dedicated to producing Sunday School and Vacation Bible School curricula and books in the languages of the world. For additional information, visit www.gospellightworldwide.org; write to Gospel Light Worldwide, P.O. Box 3875, Ventura, CA 93006; or send an e-mail to infb@gospellightworldwide.org.