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What Is the Mission of the Church – A Common Word in Need of a Careful Definition

The following words of Stephen Neill are used to introduce chapter 1: “If everything is mission, nothing is mission.” The chapter wants to introduce the concerns of questions like, What is the mission of the church? Is the mission of the church the same as the mission of God? Should we distinguish between the mission of the church and the responsibilities of individual Christians? Is Jesus’ mission continued by the church?

Truth with a Mission: Reading All Scripture Missiologically

Mission is not something the church does. Mission finds its basis in God, who is missional. This article shows how the Bible is a record of the mission of God and how to read it in that light. It draws the implications this has for the church for mission work.

The Mission of God

This article is a summary and discussion of the very important book of Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God. The author looks specifically at the mission of God in the Old Testament.