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Amplified Mission Statement
Worship | Nurture | Care | Ministry | Stewardship
Ministry
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We commit ourselves to serve and to tell others about Jesus:
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He poured out his Spirit
and broadcast the news
that sinners who repent and believe in Jesus
can live
and breathe
and move again
as members of the family of God.
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Jesus made present in deed and word
the coming rule of God.
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Following the apostles, the church is sent --
sent with the gospel of the kingdom
to make disciples of all nations,
to feed the hungry,
and to proclaim the assurance that in the name of Christ
there is forgiveness of sin and new life
for all who repent and believe --
to tell the news that our world belongs to God.
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| -- Contemporary Testimony 5, 25, 44 |
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The love that never fails gives all and risks all to share the faith.
We, who know God's saving love, are directed to care for our sisters and
brothers, for our neighbors in their need. Words alone are a mockery to a
starving man; food alone will rescue the body but not the soul. Words with
deeds force us to touch the hurting person as Christ touched those who came
to him. "Repent and be baptized," cried the apostles to men and women who
were dying without Christ. Each of us is entrusted with God's Word, shown
the way, and ordered to preach and teach as we go into every part of the
world.
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Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the
interest of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ
Jesus. . . . [he] made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
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