| Title: | Discussions from a Christian Perspective |
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| Moderator: | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE |
| Created: | Mon Sep 17 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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What do you consider to be the mission of the church? Peace, Richard
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 449.1 | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Peace: the Final Frontier | Thu May 07 1992 16:45 | 17 | |
The mission of the church is o to teach and preach the good news of Christ Jesus o to serve as an instrument to bring about the Realm of the Sovereign o to witness and struggle for peace and justice o to spiritually nourish and speak to the condition of its members and the wider community o to inspire and challenge o to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable Peace, Richard | |||||
| 449.2 | CVG::THOMPSON | DECWORLD 92 Earthquake Team | Thu May 07 1992 17:16 | 8 | |
I might quible about your ordering but that's pretty much how I see it as well. Though I'm not sure what this line actually means: > o to serve as an instrument to bring about the Realm of the Sovereign Alfred | |||||
| 449.3 | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Peace: the Final Frontier | Thu May 07 1992 18:01 | 4 | |
'Realm of the Sovereign' equals the traditional phrase 'Kingdom of God'
or 'Kingdom of Heaven.'
Richard
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| 449.4 | Hit <NEXT UNSEEN> if your blood-pressure is already high | CHGV04::ORZECH | Alvin Orzechowski @ACI | Thu May 07 1992 18:38 | 21 |
I expect to get beaten up about this, but here goes anyway.
RE: .1
> The mission of the church is
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> o to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Pardon my french, but it seems to me that the church, as a whole, does
d*mn little "to afflict the comfortable", if, by "the comfortable" you
mean the well-off, the wealthy, or the rich. Oh, there are some
movements here and there that may actually try to do this, but I would
say the popular impression the church gives today, at least in the
USA, is that its mission includes *accommodating* the comfortable.
Think "Peace",
Alvin
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| 449.5 | CVG::THOMPSON | DECWORLD 92 Earthquake Team | Thu May 07 1992 18:51 | 5 | |
RE: .3 That was the part of the line I *did* understand. :-) What I didn't understand was the role of the church in bringing this about. Alfred | |||||
| 449.6 | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Peace: the Final Frontier | Thu May 07 1992 22:49 | 7 | |
Re .4 Oh, but Alvin, I *agree*!! The Church is not always successful in fulfilling its mission. Peace, Richard | |||||