by Mario Vega | May 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv When the church came into existence, the apostles led it collectively (Acts 8: 1). A few years later, the church in Antioch emerged that was collectively cared for by prophets and teachers (Acts 13: 1). When Paul founded churches in...
by Mario Vega | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The sacred rituals within Judaism revolved around exclusion. The tabernacle and temple were designed so that people would stay outside, far away. Only the priests and those presenting an offering could approach the atrium. Only priests...
by Mario Vega | Apr 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Since the Elim Church started, it became customary to hug everyone who attends. In each service, there are people at the doors in charge of welcoming the people who enter. Part of that welcome is giving them a hug. That is not normal in...
by Mario Vega | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv We first began to hear about Pastor Cho’s church in El Salvador in the mid-eighties through his books. In one of his books I read he had been introduced to one of the deacons from his church. It gave me a feeling of disappointment that a...
by Mario Vega | Apr 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The early Christians celebrated the Lord’s Supper differently than we do today. They did not perform it in a religious meeting place but in the houses where they lived. They did not have a liturgical program to celebrate the Lord’s...
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