This is good - from the book Transforming Mission, David Bosch p.390:
“In attempting to flesh out the missio Dei concept, the following could be said: In the new image mission is not primarliy an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God. “It is not the church that has a mission of salvation to fulfil in the world; it is the mission of the Son and the Spirit through the Father that includes the church”. Mission is there by seen as a movement from God to the world; the church is viewed as an instrument for that mission. There is church because there is mission, not vise versa. To participate in mission is to participate in the movement of God’s love toward people, since God is a fountain of sending love.”
Much can be said but this is enough to meditate on! Think about it!!
January 15, 2009 at 4:46 am |
Thank you for the thoughts. I am in the middle of taking 2 Missions classes and this sums some of the ideas we’ve been talking about in class nicely.
(ps. the photo of your church even looks very missional!)
Blessings on your journey!