Pastor's Corner

Mt. Zion Family and Friends,

"A church that is not on mission misrepresents God" - Trevin Wax

About 40 times in the Gospel of John, Jesus declares that the Father sent Him. The incarnation is the sending of the second Person of the Trinity, Jesus, into human history as a missionary.  Likewise, Jesus tells us that He is sending us as missionaries into different cultures by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Jesus said in John 20:21, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you."  As Christians, we are called and sent into the world to spread the Gospel in our communities and around the world.

Our 2012 theme is "Missional: Sent by God on the Mission of God".  We will worship Christ our Saviour who came on His mission to redeem us.  We will spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.  We will love and serve our neighbors in our communities. This is the purpose that God has for us as a church. We must not shrink back and miss God's mission for us.

Harris Family


David Platt writes in Radical Together, "Is it really possible to have all the trappings of the church and yet miss the heart of Christ?  Is it possible for church people to be so focused on personal comforts and so fearful of the potential cost that they virtually forget the purpose of God among all the peoples of the world?"


Let us not miss the heart of Christ.  We must go out into the world (both local and overseas) where the lost are and tell them about a King who calls all men and women to repent and believe the Gospel.  Jesus dressed, spoke, and ate according to Jewish culture, participated in their holidays, and observed their customs without sinning.  So Christians are to also live as missionaries in whatever culture God has sent them.  Every Christian is a missionary whether we minister across the street or across the globe. God’s mission is calling and sending us, the church of Jesus Christ, to be a missional church in our own societies, in the cultures in which we find ourselves.

 

In HIS service,

Pastor Harris and Family

(Willie, Anita, Isaiah, Abigail, and Gabrielle)

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