11A Worship - Church is a People on the Movement of God’s Mission

Greetings!

We’re continuing our series about the church. In the past few weeks I’ve proposed a definition of the church based on taking the whole of the Bible into consideration:

The Church is

·        The people of God (who are we?)

·        On the mission of God (what are we doing?)

·        Becoming the image of God in Christ (where are we going?)

·        Through the power of the Holy Spirit (how do we do it?)

This week is Missions Sunday where we are focusing on the mission of God. The mission is what we do. God has called a people to himself to send them out. This fits a pattern we see throughout the Bible, a regular movement. This involves a call out (exodus), a period of formation, a sending into (mission), and reigning with Christ. The good news of Jesus Christ sends us into the world to proclaim his message that in Christ, God is reconciling all things to himself.

Rev. Dr. Gregory Wagenfuhr