The Worldwide Church
How Christians across the world act as one Church: working for reconciliation, supporting the persecuted, and showing love through charities like Christian Aid.
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One Church, many countries 🌍
Christians are found in almost every country on Earth. Together, across all their different denominations, they are seen as one **worldwide Church**. This module looks at how that worldwide Church works for **reconciliation**, stands with the **persecuted**, and shows Christian love through **charity**, including the work of Christian Aid.
The key words 🔑
Four ideas run through this topic:
Match each idea 🔗
- The worldwide Church
- Reconciliation
- The persecuted Church
- Christian Aid
- Christians of many denominations across the whole world
- Restoring a relationship that has been broken
- Christians who suffer or are punished for their faith
- A Christian charity that fights poverty around the world
What is reconciliation? 🎯
What does reconciliation mean?
- Restoring a relationship that has broken down
- Punishing someone for their beliefs
- Building a new church
- Reading the Bible alone
Why, and what they do ⚖️
Christian charity has both a reason (the teaching) and a response (the action).
How the Church helps ✅
Select the TWO ways the worldwide Church helps others.
- Supporting Christians who are persecuted for their faith
- Funding charities like Christian Aid to fight poverty
- Keeping all its wealth for itself
- Ignoring people who are in need
Love in action 🤲
Two Bible teachings inspire Christian charity. **1 Corinthians 13** says that of faith, hope and love, the greatest is **love**. In **Matthew 25:31-46** (the sheep and the goats), Jesus teaches that whatever you do for the hungry, the sick or the imprisoned, you do for him. The worldwide Church puts this into action through charities like **Christian Aid**, which fights poverty and gives emergency relief around the world.
The worldwide Church in words 🧱
Christians all over the world, of many denominations, together form the _____ Church. Restoring a broken relationship is called _____. Christians who are punished for their faith make up the _____ Church, which others pray for. The teaching of _____ in 1 Corinthians 13 inspires Christians to help others. A charity that puts this into action by fighting poverty is _____.
Helping others 🖍️
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Responding to a disaster 🪜
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Faith in action 🧭
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How the Church helps ✍️
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