1 Exposition Drive Greenville, SC 29607 Service Time (EST): Sunday - 10am ONLINE English ONLINE Service Times (PDT): Saturday - 6pm Sunday - 6am, 7:30am, 9am, 11am watch live on i.church Servicios En Espaol: Domingo - 2:15pm conctate servicio en espaol HERE AT REDEMPTION I also enjoy telling stories through video of what God has done and how He is working in and through people and changing lives. First, there is the situation which the Church's missionary activity addresses: peoples, groups, and socio-cultural contexts in which Christ and his Gospel are not known, or which lack Christian communities sufficiently mature to be able to incarnate the faith in their own environment and proclaim it to other groups. In the modern age, missionary activity has been carried out especially in isolated regions which are far from centers of civilization and which are hard to penetrate because of difficulties of communication, language or climate. Plenary Assembly of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, 1969, on catechists, and the related "Instruction" of April 1970: Bibliographia Missionaria 34 (1970), 197-212 and S. C. de Propaganda Fide Memoria Rerum, III/2 (1976), 821-831.159. But that is not all. The missionary thrust fosters exchanges between the churches and directs them toward the larger world, with positive influences in every direction. Thus the Christian community at Antioch sends its members forth on mission; having fasted, prayed and celebrated the Eucharist, the community recognizes that the Spirit has chosen Paul and Barnabas to be "sent forth" (cf. Today there are many millions of refugees in the world and their number is constantly increasing. Amen. (Romans 16:27, ESV), facebooktwitterinstagramvimeo podcastemail, 5142 NC-58 | Wilson, NC 27896 | 252-371-1358 | mail@redemption.chuch. Each particular church must be generous and open to the needs of the other churches. Today, these institutes are receiving more and more candidates from the young churches which they founded, while new missionary institutes have arisen in countries which previously only received missionaries, but are now also sending them. The mission of the Church, like that of Jesus, is God's work or, as Luke often puts it, the work of the Spirit. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 16.48. We believe that mankind was created in the image and likeness of God, but that through Adam's sin, mankind fell, and thereby incurred physical, spiritual and eternal death. Indeed, it is necessary to recognize - and it is a title of honor - that some churches owe their origins to the activity of lay men and women missionaries. cit., 31-33.35. Mt 11:4-5) and exorcisms (cf. cit., 31 f.70. It makes us understand that we are missionaries above all because of what we are as a Church whose innermost life is unity in love, even before we become missionaries in word or deed. Cf. And this was the religion of a man who had died on a cross, "a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles"! culture in which men and women of God go about their community and world as in Worship and Music Studies. "81 The fact that the Good News of reconciliation is preached by Christians who are divided among themselves weakens their witness. He knows that he is not proclaiming a human truth, but the "word of God," which has an intrinsic and mysterious power of its own (cf. The mission ad gentes faces an enormous task, which is in no way disappearing. "33 When the first evangelizers go down from Jerusalem, the Spirit becomes even more of a "guide," helping them to choose both those to whom they are to go and the places to which their missionary journey is to take them. Thus, these communities become a means of evangelization and of the initial proclamation of the Gospel, and a source of new ministries. They are further bound to hold to the truth once it is known, and to regulate their whole lives by its demands. For me, a mission statement is only one piece of a larger structure for articulating your church's unique DNA. The history of humanity has known many major turning points which have encouraged missionary outreach, and the Church, guided by the Spirit, has always responded to them with generosity and farsightedness. The subject of proclamation is Christ who was crucified, died and is risen: through him is accomplished our full and authentic liberation from evil, sin and death; through him God bestows "new life" that is divine and eternal. The working of the Spirit is manifested particularly in the impetus given to the mission which, in accordance with Christ's words, spreads out from Jerusalem to all of Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest ends of the earth. For such people salvation in Christ is accessible by virtue of a grace which, while having a mysterious relationship to the Church, does not make them formally part of the Church but enlightens them in a way which is accommodated to their spiritual and material situation. Parameters of the Church's Mission Ad Gentes. since they are the means by which Catholics from their very infancy are imbued with a genuinely universal and missionary spirit; they are also the means which ensure an effective collection of resources for the good of all the missions, in accordance with the needs of each one. Still, it is possible to determine certain parameters within which that mission is exercised, in order to gain a real grasp of the situation. Nor are difficulties lacking within the People of God; indeed these difficulties are the most painful of all. Paul reacts against the polytheism of the religious environment of his time and emphasizes what is characteristic of the Christian faith: belief in one God and in one Lord sent by God. way that the church of Christ is ultimately growing is not when people There are countries and geographical and cultural areas which lack indigenous Christian communities. Once there is faith, healing is an encouragement to go further: it leads to salvation (cf. Introduction: Redeem is a word rich in meaning. Our Mission. Proclamation, because it is made in union with the entire ecclesial community, is never a merely personal act. A missionary is really such only if he commits himself to the way of holiness: "Holiness must be called a fundamental presupposition and an irreplaceable condition for everyone in fulfilling the mission of salvation in the Church."174. It is not possible to bear witness to Christ without reflecting his image, which is made alive in us by grace and the power of the Spirit. Only thus can you be a sign of God in the world and re-live in your own countries the missionary epic of the early Church. During his earthly life, Jesus was the Prophet of the kingdom; after his passion, resurrection and ascension into heaven he shares in God's power and in his dominion over the world (cf. There is a deeper reality involved here: since the very evangelization of modern culture depends to a great extent on the influence of the media, it is not enough to use the media simply to spread the Christian message and the Church's authentic teaching. Send me!" For every missionary "fidelity to Christ cannot be separated from fidelity to the Church. Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis (March 4, 1979), 10: AAS 71 (1979), 274f.4. All that we have received from God - life itself as well as material goods - does not belong to us but is given to us for our use. As Paul urges the The kingdom which Jesus inaugurates is the kingdom of God. Our Mission is to surprise people every day with redemptive hope. Jesus' love is very deep: he who "knew what was in man" (Jn 2:25) loved everyone by offering them redemption and suffered when it was rejected. Episcopal Conferences and their various groupings have great importance in directing and coordinating missionary activity on the national and regional levels. All who believe in Christ should feel, as an integral part of their faith, an apostolic concern to pass on to others its light and joy. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, 14.21. For missionary activity renews the Church, revitalizes faith and Christian identity, and offers fresh enthusiasm and new incentive. Indeed, "every institute exists for the Church and must enrich her with its distinctive characteristics, according to a particular spirit and a specific mission"; the guardians of this fidelity to the founding charism are the bishops themselves.132. Our vision (what we desire to see): An ever-growing group of people from the Lower Burrell area redeemed by Jesus and on mission together to seek and to save the lost in our community. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes, 2.8. People today put more trust in witnesses than in teachers,69 in experience than in teaching, and in life and action than in theories. Our mission statement is just our way of saying The Great Commission; the mission that Jesus Himself gave to all of His church in Matthew 28:19-20. Of course one can. Today all Christians, the particular churches and the universal Church, are called to have the same courage that inspired the missionaries of the past, and the same readiness to listen to the voice of the Spirit. Paul and Barnabas are impelled by the Spirit to go to the Gentiles (cf. : loc. It involves those working in the Church's mission ad gentes, the Christian communities as they develop, and the bishops, who have the task of providing discernment and encouragement for its implementation.89. Of course Jesus entrusts this work to human beings: to the apostles, to the Church. It is in commitment to the Church's universal mission that the new evangelization of Christian peoples will find inspiration and support. The Most common bible verse included in mission statements was Matthew 28:19: The means of social communication have become so important as to be for many the chief means of information and education, of guidance and inspiration in their behavior as individuals, families and within society at large. Cf. Conferences of Major Superiors should have this same concern in their own sphere, maintaining contact with Episcopal Conferences in accordance with established directives and norms,163 and also having recourse to mixed commissions.164 Also desirable are meetings and other forms of cooperation between the various missionary institutions, both in formation and study,165 as well as in the actual apostolate. At the same time, by being imbued with Christ's love, they also show how divisions, tribalism and racism can be overcome. 9. John is the only Evangelist to speak explicitly of a "mandate," a word equivalent to "mission." The universal call to holiness is closely linked to the universal call to mission. As we proclaim the Gospel to our community, we pray men and 83. Documents of the Third General Conference of Latin American Bishops, Puebla (1979), 3760 (1145).110. 40. After Peter's first proclamation on the day of Pentecost and the conversions that followed, the first community takes shape (cf.
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