BREAKING: The Apostle Paul Released from Evangelical Mission Agency

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Koinonia

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Breaking news: After 14 years of successful ministry, the Evangelical Mission Agency (EMA) has released the Apostle Paul from employment. Paul’s illustrious Christian career began with questions and reasonable suspicions, as he was formerly associated with an extremist religious organization.

After a miraculous conversion, Paul was accepted with EMA partially because a well-respected brother named Barnabas vouched for him and convinced the organization about his potential.

According to EMA, his early career was full of success and innovation. He traveled with Barnabas and preached the gospel in a somewhat controversial way, but mostly aligned with the organizational ethos. In his later years, he found himself out of touch with the leadership of the EMA.

The following email was leaked by an anonymous EMA insider who disagrees with the organization’s action regarding Paul. The correspondence sent directly to the dismissed missionary sheds light on the rift between Paul and the well-respected evangelical organization.

Paul,

After interviewing John Mark, Demas, Alexander the Coppersmith, devout men and women in Pisidian Antioch, and multiple Jewish Christians in Jerusalem, it has been

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j taliaferro
Koinonia

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