Kevin Deyoung And Greg Gilbert's What Is The Mission Of The Church?

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Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert in What is the Mission of the Church? argue that the mission of the church is the Great Commission. They state the “The mission of the church is to go into the world and make disciples by declaring the gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Spirit and gathering these disciples into churches, that they might worship and obey Jesus Christ now and in eternity to the glory of God the Father.” The mission statement of our church, New Light Missionary Baptist Church is “to glorify God, to know Christ, and to make Christ known through nurturing the body, ministering to the needs of its members, and evangelizing the lost through local and global missions. WE ARE ONE!” When we consider the mission statements of Christian