We care for only what we love. We love only what we know. We truly know only what we experience. If we do not know our place-know it in more than a passing, cursory way, know it intimately and personally-then we are destined to use and
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“A missional church is one where the whole membership is involved in some aspect of mission, so that mission is not a function of the church but its essential nature.”
― Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
― Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
“There is no other resource for dealing with brokenness that’s as powerful as the gospel lived out creatively and effectively in the context of local culture. The gospel gives us enough hope to enter into these very difficult, seemingly hopeless situations.”
― Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
― Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
“We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”
― Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
― Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
“Our mission is in the context of the kingdom of God, inaugurated by Jesus Christ yet still only here in part. Our missiological task is to be agents of God’s kingdom rule—transforming not just individuals but society and also seeking the renewal and healing of creation, praying and working for God’s kingdom on earth as in heaven.”
― Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
― Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
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