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Social Responsibility in the New Testament Church says, “If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men” (Romans 12:18). The New Testament church is based on a covenant binding on all members. The expectation that the believer is obliged to care for all men stems from a false understanding of fairness and justice, for the Bible requires the believer to provide first for his own family, next for the members of the local congregation, finally for the worldwide church. Only when these obligations are fulfilled does he have any responsibilities for other people. 3) Acts 6 gives great priority to the social obligations of the church towards its members, but the responsibility for proclaiming the Word of God and prayer remains more important and is institutionalized in the offices of the elders and the apostles. The apostles give the following reason for refusing to accept this “business,” “we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word” (Acts 6:4). Prayer and proclamation of the Word, which always belong together, have priority over social engagement and must never be neglected. The combination of prayer and teaching is not new. Long before, it had been the ministry of the prophet Samuel and other Old Testament leaders to “pray” and to “teach” (1 Sam. 12:23). 2 The provision for the socially weak was also considered a matter of course in the Early Church, which universally reserved special funds for social purposes. 3 Its provision for widows was exemplary. 4 As a matter of fact, more money was spent on social concerns than on the salaries of the elders and pastors. According to the Church Father, Eusebius, the church in Rome in the year 250 A.D., for example, supported 100 clergymen and 1,500 poor people, particularly widows and orphans. Alois Kehl writes,“Never, in the whole of antiquity, had there been a society or a religious group which cared for its members as the Christian Church did.” 5 By the way: The responsibility of the wealthy, above all, for the provision for the poor, gave the donors no special rights in the congregation. For this reason, James 2:1-13 energetically attacks their attempts to exploit their position in the church. ______________________________________________________ Rev. Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher is Rector of Martin Bucer Seminary (Bonn, Germany) and Professor of Systematic Theology (Ethics) and World Missions. He is heavily involved with the Religious Commission of the World Evangelical Fellowship in fighting the persecution of Christians. He is author und editor of 40 books on missions, social change and ethics. He has served together with Colonel Doner on the board of the German relief organization Giving Hands for years. 9
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