Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in Uzbek national/ethnic identity, which is widely fused with cultural Muslim identity in popular usage, making conversion feel like a rejection of one's people, not only a change of personal belief.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  The full phrase 'Masihiylar jamoati' ('assembly of Christ-followers') is used rather than bare jamoat, which in ordinary Uzbek usage most often refers to a local mosque congregation.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a state-registered religious organization in the bureaucratic sense Uzbek religion law requires for legal recognition.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with Sufi asceticism or shrine-centered devotion (mazor ziyorati) practiced widely in Uzbek folk religion.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for the church's benefit, not karomat (a Sufi saint's miraculous personal endowment) or a mark of individual spiritual rank.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Always pair ruhiy with in'om; karomat specifically denotes a miraculous endowment attributed to Sufi saints in Central Asian devotional tradition and must not be used.

  ROM.12.6-8