Editing Parachurch organization (section)

==Definition==
These bodies can be [[business]]es, [[non-profit]] corporations, or private [[Voluntary association|associations]].<ref> Michael J. Anthony, ''Introducing Christian Education: Foundations for the Twenty-first Century'', Baker Academic, US, 2001, p. 283 {{ISBN?}}</ref> Most parachurch organizations, at least those normally called ''parachurch'', are [[Protestantism|Protestant]] or [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]]. Some of these organizations cater to a defined spectrum among evangelical beliefs, but most are self-consciously [[interdenominational]] and many are [[ecumenical]].<ref> Candy Gunther Brown, Mark Silk, ''The Future of Evangelicalism in America'', Columbia University Press, US, 2016, p. 28 {{ISBN?}}</ref>

In Protestant and Catholic theology parachurch organizations are termed [[sodality]], as distinct from [[modality (theology)|modality]], which is the structure and organization of the local or universal church.