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Occasional Paper No. 39: The Local Church In Mission

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Introduction The article I am going to critique is “The Lausanne Occasional Paper No. 39: The Local Church in Mission. The paper is the outcome of thirty leaders from many parts of the world, deliberating together across the globe for six months in Pattaya, Thailand from September 29 – October 5, 2004”. The group wanted to explore and research on the topic, of the local church pertaining to the Great Commission”. They wanted to see how they could involve the church in spreading the gospel to make disciples and how to go about spreading it to those outside of the faith community all around the world. They were focusing on “missional congregations”, which mean “ those communities of Christ-followers who see the church as the people of God who are sent on a mission”. They also did not look at culture as being Christian or Non-Christian but as a movement to involve mission around the world. They wanted to be like Christ by going out into the world and not keeping it inside the four walls of the church. …show more content…

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