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The Nature and Mission of the Church A Stage on the Way ~ The Nature and Mission of the Church A Stage on the Way to a Common Statement This extended text about 18000 words was published in December 2005 and is the latest result from Faith and Orders study on Ecclesiology

Previous stage The Nature and Purpose of the Church A ~ Previous stage The Nature and Purpose of the Church A stage on the way to a common statement This text from the Faith and Order study on Ecclesiology was issued as Faith and Order Paper no 181 in 1998

The Nature and Purpose of the Church Faith and ~ The church belongs to God “In God’s design the church exists not for itself alone but to serve in God’s work of reconciliation and for the praise and glory of God” 8 This is the nature of the church We the church should not see ourselves as separate from each other but embrace one another in the communion of God

The Nature and Mission of the Church A Stage on the Way ~ The Nature and Mission of the Church A Stage on the Way to a Common Statement Called to be the One Church The Porto Alegre Ecclesiology Text The Unity of the Church Gift and Calling The Canberra Statement Baptism Eucharist and Ministry Faith and Order Paper no 111 the Lima Text

The Nature and Mission of the Church Ecumenism ~ The Church is thus the creature of God’s Word and of the Holy Spirit It belongs to God is God’s gift and cannot exist by and for itself Of its very nature it is missionary called and sent to serve as an instrument of the Word and the Spirit as a witness to the Kingdom of God 10

The nature and mission of the Church Amazon Web Services ~ 11 This response to Faith and Order Paper 198 The nature and mission of the church is submitted on behalf of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Quakers in Britain It has been prepared by our Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations after wide consultation with Friends

The Nature and Mission of the Church World Council of ~ Apostolicity indicating the rootedness of the Church in the apostles sent in the Holy Spirit refers also to the soteriological mission of the Church as sent into the world The apostles were commissioned by Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to preach the gospel and make disciples for the salvation of the world cf Matt 2819

4 The Nature of the Church ~ A sharp distinction is maintained between the nature of these local churches and the body of Christ This is evident in the messages of Christ to the seven churches of Asia in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 The church of Laodiceans the seventh of the churches addressed is recognized as a local church

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