Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in tribal (aşîret) lineage or ethnic-national identity, both unusually strong organizing categories in Kurdish social and political life.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Dêr is the established word for a church building (Kurdistan has ancient Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Christian heritage); 'Civata Mesîhî' (Messianic community) is needed for the NT sense of the gathered people, not a building.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not primarily a building; religious freedom for gathering varies meaningfully across the four states Kurdish spans, from comparatively more open in Iraqi Kurdistan to much more restricted elsewhere.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the hereditary, shrine-centered spiritual elite status of a Sufi 'pîr'; biblical separation is devoted engagement with the world by all believers, not an elevated office for a few.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Must retain 'giyanî' (spiritual) so it is not read as ordinary talent.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Always retain giyanî (spiritual, from giyan, soul) so the phrase is not read as ordinary talent.

  ROM.12.6-8