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What is the Mission of the Church?

What is the Mission of the Church?

Why does the church exist? What is the purpose of the church? Does the mission for the church change over time or among different denominations?.

  • It is Well: A Lesson from Terri

    Growing up, my neighbour, Terri, was very close to her father. A proud‘Daddy’s Girl.’ He believed in her andshowed her how to make her way in the world with love and courage. Her father gave her confidence andtaught her the importance of generosity.

  • Should Christians live separately from society?

    In the long history of Christianity, there have been those who have felt it necessary to abandon their ties with the world around them.

  • The Sabbath. To Rest.

    Too many people in my world seem to be burdened with life at the moment and especially with work. Weeks are busy and full with, important meetings, and after-school extra-curricular events

  • One example - Japan

    Some time ago Dr. Mordechai Kedar had an interesting article published translated from Hebrew into English and recently published on the nationalistic attitudes of Japanese culture that has witnessed the lack of any Islamic influence in Japan.

  • A Plague on both your Houses!

    This now famous line from Shakespeare’s Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet has echoed through the halls of modern world history. A lesson therein for our own time now pleads for our attention.

  • The issue of innocence

    Last month I read of another miscarriage of justice where a man who had been in prison for 30 years was exonerated – viz DNA.

  • Making the most of the Bible

    Someone recently asked me, “What are ‘the means of grace’?” It’s a good question and when you think about it, God has many ways in which he helps us get to know him better and work and witness for him more effectively.

  • Why the Apocalypse matters

    When the apocalypse of fire and smoke, ends a lot better than you think.

  • Airport dilemma

    How many times are we told that airport security is no laughing matter, and yet constantly we learn of accounts where, very stupidly, someone jokes about a bomb in their possession. Recently, unbelievably, it happens all too often.

  • Are you focused on the flesh or the spirit?

    There are many Christians suffering from a range of physical ailments and conditions. Some also suffer mentally from their conditions, whereas others have been able to look beyond their situation to find peace.

  • The privilege of not caring

    It’s 4pm in the afternoon, the voter walks towards a public hall scouting out the obstacles before them. Two red soldiers to the left of the entrance, a team of blue knights riding taxpayer funded horses on the right, and in between; a rag-tag team of yellow& orange, a shoeless green and teal warriors await the intimidated voter.