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Our Mission
Our life and mission is centered around Christ's life and mission.
Jesus gave his mission to his disciples, saying, "As I have been sent [by the Father], so I am sending you" (Jn.20:21). Thus, we are by our very nature a "missional" (sent) church, and he is the pattern for our life and mission.
Seeking, Serving, Sharing
What are we sent to do? Following Christ's example and his own words of why he came/why he was sent, we are to take up his mission of:
- Seeking the lost (Lk. 19:10).
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
- Serving the community (Mk. 10:45),
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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- Sharing the good news (Lk. 4:43).
43 But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”
We exist not for ourselves, but for God and others. We must have an outward focus.
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