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Mission

January 18,  2009  - Ian

Do you know that All Saints has a mission statement? Now here is a harder question; do you know the words of the mission statement? I’ll give you ten seconds to say it correctly 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Ding! Your time is up. Did you get it right? ˝ right? Had no idea?... the mission statement of All Saints is to know and make known the love of Jesus.

Over the next few weeks of February, as a whole church and Menteng and South Jakarta, we are going to have a look at the church’s mission statement and see the implications for what we will plan to do for the rest of this year and beyond.  A mission statement is what businesses use as a short sentence explaining the company’s purpose. So for example Starbucks’ mission statement is to “Establish Starbucks as the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world while maintaining our uncompromising principles while we grow”.

The church IS different to a business but the principal is still a helpful one for us as long as our purpose is what God wants, after all he is the biggest shareholder, in Christ he has paid the biggest price for the shares, for us.

Which brings us to our mission statement – Jesus’ love.

It is Jesus’ love that sent him to earth to rescue us by dying and rise to life again. It is this love that we will want to know for ourselves and to share with others. To know it for ourselves is not just for ME personally to know this love but for US to know the love of Christ in all its length and height and depth and because it is wonderful love that can be shared, we will want to share it with others.

Hopefully by the end of the month you won’t need 10 seconds of thinking time to say what is All Saints’ mission statement and not only say it but live it.

Ian

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