Like a peal of bells the word allelon-'one another'-rings through the pages of the New Testament. 'Accept one another' allelon 'Serve one another' allelon 'Wash one another's feet' 'Confess your sins one to another' 'Pray one for another' 'Forbearing one another and forgiving each other' 'Teaching and admonishing one another' 'Comfort one another and build each other up' 'Bear one another's burdens' 'Love one another as I have loved you' Those who have the flow of mutuality in their relationship with each other need not be vocal or exuberant in expressing it.

One day, an assistance pastor from a Bible Presbyterian Church in Singapore talked to me, he said, "We, Bible Presbyterian Churches in Singapore, do not have interest in mission work, but we are more interested in squabbles among ourselves, we like to live in fighting, we are more interested to sue one another in the court, we like to fight among ourselves to see who is the greatest among us, we do not have interest to evangelize, but we are always on fire for prayer meeting when we face lawsuits, infighting, squabbles, doctrinal issues, this is a good sign for us, you see, many turn up in prayer meeting when we were facing lawsuit with Far Eastern Bible College, it is good for us!"

To these many Bible Presbyterian Churches, apparently, 'practical mission work' and 'theological reflection' are mutually exclusive. Where the one in the forefront, the other is almost by definition absent. They are here presented with a false choice. This is wrong!

Paul, after all, combined his extensive missionary activities with correspondingly intensive work in the area of theology.

Martin Kahler, thus correctly remarked, that mission is indeed the mother of theology!