Who said anything about "continuing" work on the foundation?
The point is that as you are building your building you don't decide at some point that the foundation is superfluous.
The first century Church needed a foundation. The twenty-first century Church needs a foundation.
The Church (from the beginning to the present day) has always had a foundation ... that of JESUS (the chief cornerstone) and His Apostles.
Please. I was only using the exact same words you did.
I even posted them vertbatim. Do I need to post them again, yet again, to remind you?
I can understand that you don't have an answer, but don't try to change the definitions you brought forward.
If the Apostles ministry was foundational, and the Church was built upon that ministry ... is there any further need for any foundational ministry ?
I asked what is meant by "foundational ministry"? I also asked if, in a sense, every new generation is not encountering the foundation?
That is, why is the presumption that this "foundational ministry" fades away with the Apostles death? And where is this shown in Scripture?
Is it even appropriate to continue work on the foundation ... after beginning to build the main part of the structure ?
Again, I ask, using your own words and definitions here, if upon building the higher floors we suddenly have no need for a foundation?
SD