Notes from Leadership Journal, Part 1- Mission

Here is an exerpt from the Leadership Journal I wrote that I will be speaking from this Saturday at our church’s Leadership Day. It is on the Mission of the Church.

Our mission as a church must define- in a broad sense-why we exist.

We, as Christians, believe that God has commanded us to take part in an extraordinary mission with Him on earth. God by no means needs us to complete this mission, but He has chosen us to work with Him and we consider that to be a great privilege and honor.

As mentioned above, and reiterated here, this mission was given on the day Jesus ascended from the earth, after dying on a cross and rising from the dead, into heaven. We can read about His command to us in Matthew 28:18-20

¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

So in response to Christ’s command to us, we have adopted this simple Mission Statement:

“Our mission is to connect people to an everlasting committed relationship with Jesus Christ and with others.”