What Is the Church's Mission? E-Book

Jonathan Leeman

• Herausgeber: Crossway
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Serie: Church Questions
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

How Can We Know What the Church Is Supposed to Do? Jesus commissioned the local church to carry out a mission. Yet local churches often disagree over exactly what Jesus commanded them to do, leading them to align their mission with current political or economic trends. So what does the Bible have to say? In this short ebook, Jonathan Leeman argues from Scripture that the mission of the church is first and foremost to make disciples—the task that each local assembly is called to do collectively—and to be disciples—the task for each individual Christian. He equips readers to obey this disciple-making mission both inside and outside the local church as they seek to follow Christ's call and make God's glory known in all the world. - A Brief and Accessible Resource: A helpful tool for Christians who are looking for answers to their questions about the church - Biblical and Christ-Centered: Presents a vision for the church that is centered in the commands of Christ to his disciples in Matthew 28 - Clear Guidance for Churches: Helps local churches and individual Christians understand what it means to make disciples and be disciples in their various contexts

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What Is the Church’s Mission?

Church Questions

Am I Called to Ministry?, Brad Wheeler

Can Women Be Pastors?, Greg Gilbert

Does God Love Everyone?, Matt McCullough

Does the Gospel Promise Health and Prosperity?, Sean DeMars

How Can I Be Sure I’m Saved?, Jeremy Pierre

How Can I Find Someone to Disciple Me?, Garret Kell

How Can I Get More Out of My Bible Reading?, Jeremy Kimble

How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics?, Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli

How Can I Serve My Church?, Matthew Emadi

How Can I Support International Missions?, Mark Collins

How Can Our Church Find a Faithful Pastor?, Mark Dever

How Can Women Thrive in the Local Church?, Keri Folmar

Is It Loving to Practice Church Discipline?, Jonathan Leeman

What Do Deacons Do?, Juan Sanchez

What If I Don’t Desire to Pray?, John Onwuchekwa

What If I Don’t Feel Like Going to Church?, Gunner Gundersen

What If I’m Discouraged in My Evangelism?, Isaac Adams

What Is the Church’s Mission?, Jonathan Leeman

What Should I Do Now That I’m a Christian?, Sam Emadi

What Should We Do about Members Who Won’t Attend?, Alex Duke

Who’s in Charge of the Church?, Sam Emadi

Why Is the Lord’s Supper So Important?, Aubrey Sequeira

Why Should I Be Baptized?, Bobby Jamieson

Why Should I Give to My Church?, Jamie Dunlop

Why Should I Join a Church?, Mark Dever

What Is the Church’s Mission?

Jonathan Leeman

What Is the Church’s Mission?

Copyright © 2022 by 9Marks

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Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-7855-7 ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-7858-8 PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-7856-4 Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-7857-1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Leeman, Jonathan, 1973- author.

Title: What is the church’s mission? / Jonathan Leeman.

Description: Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, 2022. | Series: Church questions Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021048689 (print) | LCCN 2021048690 (ebook) | ISBN 9781433578557 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781433578564 (pdf) | ISBN 9781433578571 (mobipocket) | ISBN 9781433578588 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Mission of the church.

Classification: LCC BV601.8 .L435 2022 (print) | LCC BV601.8 (ebook) | DDC 266--dc23/eng/20220128

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2022-04-25 11:16:59 AM

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18–20

Does a book on the church’s mission sound, well, a little abstract or academic? Maybe not that relevant to your day-to-day Christianity?

I’d like to suggest it’s very relevant, especially in seasons of growing political and cultural turmoil.