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29 March 2011
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19 On the evening of that first day of the
week, when the disciples were together, with
the doors locked for fear of the Jewish
leaders, Jesus came and stood among themand said, “Peace be with you!”
20 After he said this, he showed them his
hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed
when they saw the Lord.
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21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As
the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
22 And with that he breathed on them and
said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
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1. Describe the state of mind of the disciples.
2. What did Jesus do?
3. What did Jesus say?
4. What did Jesus mean when he said to hisfollowers, “I am sending you”?
5. How do Jesus words apply to us?
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In 1934, German missiologist, Karl
Hartenstein, first coined the Latin term
missio Dei, meaning “the sending or the
mission of God,” which refers to theunderstanding that Mission is centred in the
very nature of God and begins with his
initiative alone. (“Missio Dei” Wikipedia)
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From Missional Church, Darrell L. Guder,editor:
We have come to see that mission is notmerely an activity of the church. Rather,mission is the result of God’s initiative,rooted in God’s purposes to restore and healcreation. “Mission” means “sending,” and itis the central biblical theme describing the
purpose of God’s action in human history.God’s mission began with the call of Israel toreceive God’s blessings in order to be ablessing to the nations.
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God’s mission unfolded in the history of
God’s people across the centuries recordedin Scripture, and it reached its revelatoryclimax in the incarnation of salvation inJesus ministering, crucified, and resurrected.
God’s mission continued then in the sendingof the Spirit to call forth and empower thechurch as the witness to God’s good news inJesus Christ. It continues today in theworldwide witness of churches in every
culture to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and itmoves toward the promised consummation of God’s salvation in the eschaton (“last” or“final day”).
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We have learned to speak of God as a
“missionary God.” Thus we have learned to
understand the church as a “sent people.”
“As the Father has sent me, so I send you”(John 20:21).
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6. How does missio Dei differ from the
traditional understanding of mission?
7. How does a church who understands
mission as the missio Dei differ from achurch with traditional understanding of
mission?
8. What kind of a church do we want to be?
9. What would that look like at WGLC?