A parachurch is an organisation that works out side of the church and is usually more focused on business.For example a christian camp is more focused on business but still teaches the word. A church is a community. A church focuses on the word more than the business side of things.
A church can support a parachurch, usually by finance. A parachuch can support a church just as much as a church can support it. A parachurch spreads the word too just not as much as a church. So if someone wants to connect further with God and go deeper into the word, the parachurch can direct them to that church that is supporting them.
If the church and parachurch are supporting each other they could disagree on situations. Separate, the parachurch, because it involves other activities and on the word sometimes people who have no home church could accept the parachurch as their church. But the parachurch is not a church it is a way to give you the word but also have other activities and meet new people. The church by itself can in a way have to compete with the parachurch. Because people who go to a parachurch may make new friends. So it may lead some of church's people more towards the parachurch. For example a kid goes to a christian camp and makes new friends. When the kid goes back to church all they can talk about is camp and all they want to do is hang out with their new friends they made at camp instead of the people at church.
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