Som 02 the church & its mission

SOM-02 The Church & Its
Mission
Having studied the basic foundational truths of the
Christian church, it is now time for us to examine more
closely the church itself. Three basic questions need to be
answered in relation to the church, namely What is the
Church? How do we identify the church when we see it? &
How is the church supposed to engage the world?

What is the Church?

Ano ba ang iglesya?

TOWARDS A
FUNCTIONAL
CHURCH IN
SOCIETY

“The Church is a people, a
community of people, who owe
their existence, their solidarity,
& their corporate distinctness
from other communities to one
thing only – the call of God.”
(John Stott)

“The CHURCH is the
covenant community of the
people of God.”

POPULATION: 6 billion Nearly 30% of
by year 2025: population are below
7.8 billion 15 years old

Christian: 32% 267 nations
Muslim: 21%
Hindu: 14% 407.1 million
internet users
Buddhist: 7%
Non-religious: 15% Operation World
Others: 11% 21stCentury Edition

The WORLD Today

Evangelicals: 17 of 25 largest
84.5 million world cities are
(2.8%) in strongholds of
1960, 420 Islam, Hinduism
million (6.9%) & other non-
in 2000 Christian
religions
66% of
evangelicals 26 million
live in Two Christian
Thirds world martyrs in 20th
century
Cross-cultural (documented cases)
missionaries:
Operation World
143,189 21st Century Edition

The CHURCH Today

“… saibabawngbatongito ay
itatayokoangakingiglesya at
angpintuanngdaigdigngmga
patay ay
hindimagtatagumpaylabansa
kanya …” (Mt 16:18)

KATANGIAN ng Iglesya
1. Called in Grace by God Tinawag ng
Diyos
– De 7:7-8 –The Lord set his heart on you & chose
you, even though you didn’t outnumber all the other
people. You were the smallest of all nations. You
were chosen because the Lord loved you & kept the
oath he swore to your ancestors. So he used his
mighty right hand to bring you out. He freed you
from slavery under Pharaoh (the king of Egypt).

1. Called in Grace by God Tinawag ng
Diyos
– Jn 1:17 –
DumatingangKautusansaaminsapamamagitanniMois
es; ngunitsapamamagitannamanniJesu-Cristo ay
dumatingangkagandahang-loob at katotohanan.

2. Gawasapamamagitan ng
PananampalatayakayKristo
 Ep 2:8-9 – Sapagkatdahilsakagandahang-loob ng
Diyos kayo ay naligtassapamamagitan ng
pananampalataya; at angkaligtasangito'ykaloob ng
Diyos at hindisapamamagitan ng inyongsarili;
hindiitobunga ng
inyongmgagawakaya'twalangdapatipagmalakiangsin
uman.

2. Gawasapamamagitan ng
PananampalatayakayKristo
 Ac 4:12 – Kaya'tsinabini Pedro samgatao,
"MgaIsraelita, bakit kayo
nagtatakasanangyaringito?
Bakitninyokamitinitingnannangganyan?
Akalabaninyo'ynapalakadnaminsiyadahilsasarili
naming kapangyarihanokabanalan?

3. IsangIglesya(Ep 4:4-6; 1:22-23)
 1 Katawan, 1 Ulo,
MaramingBahagi(1 Co 12)
 Kommunidad

4. Nagmulasa OT hangangsa NT
5. Katangian ng Iglesya
 Makikita at 'dimakikita
 Local & Universal
 Organism & Organization

MGA PALATANDAAN ng Iglesya
1. TRADITIONAL – “Qualities”
 Unity
 Holiness
 Catholicity
 Apostolicity

2. EXPERIENTIALLY
Two defn: Lutheran & Calvin
 Worship
 Word
 Sacrament
 Government

1. WORSHIP
 Common Concept
as Praise
 A Framework
 Sacred History
Reenacted

MgaHaligi ng
Pagsamba

LITURGY
(Danger: FORMALISM)

MgaHaligi ng
Pagsamba

SPONTANEOUS
LITURGY
EXPRESSION
(Danger: FORMALISM)
(Danger: CONFUSION)

2. WORD Salita ng Diyos
 General Overview:
 1,200 yrs
 40 writers
 60 generations
 Statement: AngBiblia ay Salita ng
Diyos&angpinaka-batas Supreme Norm
ng Pananampalataya& Gawain

– Authoritative Because…
 Inspired (God-breathed)

Original Copy
 Inerrant (Walang Mali)
 Infallible (May karapatan)

 Plenary (bawatsalita)

 Internal Witness – Prophecy &

Transforming Power
 Archeology

– OT Validation by
Christ
– NT Validation by the
Holy Spirit

3. SACRAMENTS
(ORDINANCES)
 Baptism
o As a sign & seal of covenant
o Token of salvation – symbol of
reality

 Lord's Supper
 Transubstantiation
 Consubstantiation
 Commemoration

4. GOVERNMENT
 Structure
o Nature of God –
Order (1 Co 14:33)
o Demand of the Body – System
o Authority to do good & punish
evil (Ro 13: 1-5)

– Discipline (Mt 18:15-20)
 Ethical Demand of
God (Is 6:3; De 7:6;
1 Pe 1:16)
 Holy Standard (Ex 20:17)

 Orderly (Mt 18: 15-20)
– One on One
– With Witness
(cf. De 19:15)
– Congregation (or through
Officers)

 Purifying Effect
(Pr 22:15)
 Restoration
– Repentance
– Forgiveness
– Forgetting

NT Principles
1. The Bible assumes the appointment of a formal
leadership within the church, & that leadership
will be provided, with authority, by those so
designated within the congregation.
2. Leadership Team (cf. Ti. 1:5; Acts 14; Phil.
1:1).
3. God appoints individuals to the office of pastor-
teacher (Eph. 4:11) – distinct from, yet wholly
different from that of the elder, but affirmed by
the elders.

BIBLICAL BALANCE
 The church needs  The church also
effective pastoral needs a viable lay
leadership not just leadership team that
in preaching & is an authentic
teaching, but also in governing body
leadership in with real authority
oversight & & responsibility as
administration. well.

RATIONALE FOR VIABLE LAY
LEADERSHIP
 The need for collective consensus, or to benefit
from the wisdom of the community.
 The need for continuity. Pastors come & go but
the community continues its life & ministry.
 The need for accountability. A necessary
safeguard & accountability structure for the pastor.

MGA GAWAIN ng Iglesya

1. FELLOWSHIP

2. PROCLAMATION

3. SERVICE

4. WITNESS

being God's prophetic voice by revealing the joys of the kingdom of God
engaging society with biblical truth to people outside of our faith community

truth- kingdom
tellin building
g

TT KB

functional showing the love of God
mission to people both inside &
GN S outside of our faith
community though acts of
declaring the Good News of
mercy, relief rehab &
Jesus Christ to all people
development

good
news service

public advocacy in marketplaces like-minded like-minded groups
faith communities
engage in social justice active
public square truth- active cooperation
tellin promote participation
g freedom kingdom
transformation of building
public perception evangelism unity
church TT KB charity active
planting liberty accountability
discipleship functional
education
intercessory prayer leadership religious government
value transformation team
livelihood
GN S programs schools
declare Jesus as
Lord & Saviour development
of community
free medical-
good by the transformed dental clinics
recognise His news service
central role in mercy
transforming intentional culturally-relevant
rehab
the world evangelism relief

1. FELLOWSHIP
(KOINONIA)
 Common Inheritance
(what we share IN together)
 Cooperative Service (what we
share OUT together)
 Reciprocal responsibility
(what we share WITH one
another)John Stott

FELLOWSHIP − BASIS
• In Union with Christ
(Ep 1)
• Induction Into His Body
(1 Co 12:12)
• Spiritual Unity with One Another
(Ep 4) – indissoluble as the Trinity
• Called to Experiential Unity (Jo
17:21)

ETHNICITY
GENTILE

ONE
ETHNICITY
GENTILE

HUMANITY
IN CHRIST
ETHNICITY
GENTILE
ETHNICITY
JEW

FELLOWSHIP −
PRINCIPLES
• In Matters Essential −Unity
• In Matters Non-Essential
−Liberty
• In All Other Matters −Charity

2. PROCLAMATION
(KERYGMA) The
Gospel of Jesus
"The Spirit of the Lord is with me. He has anointed me to tell the
Good News to the poor. He has sent me to announce forgiveness to
the prisoners of sin and the restoring of sight to the blind, to forgive
those who have been shattered by sin, to announce the year of the
Lord's favor.”

2. PROCLAMATION
(KERYGMA) The
Gospel of Jesus
 The Gospel is Good News
o Christ came to identify with
sinners;
o died for their sins; & …

o rose again from the
grave for their
justification
o The cross is the
exclusive ground of
salvation for people
& victory over Satan

 Pangangailangan ng
Pagbabago
o Pag-iisip – minimum
theological content
o Damdamin – repentance,
remorse
o Kalooban – willful response
in faith

 Proclamation of the
Gospel is Indispensable
(Mt 24:14)
o…

In the Church
Mt 13:25, 30, 36; 25:32

All beyond the Church
Ac 1:8

 The Authority of
Proclamation –
The Word
o Evangelical Theology is
…

response to Answerable
divine to God
revelation

The Result of Proclamation

Witness to the World

Membership in Individual Salvation
the Church

Why is our church not
evangelising?

Bakit hindi nag-eevangelize ang ating
iglesya?

3.SERVICE
(DIAKONIA)Lifestyle of Service
 Calvin's Concept of Ministry
o pietas – piety
leitoirgia – service of God
caritas – charity
diakonia – service of neighbor
o Sum of Christian duty – Mk
12:30-31

 Not Equal but
Inseparable Duties
 Model: Jubilee
Church (Acts 4)

Anoba'ngginagawa ng MMBC
paramahalinotulunganangatingkom
unidad?

 Paano natin malaman ang
pangangailangan nila?
– Ask the provider?
– Ask the needy?
 Why do you do it?

4.WITNESS (MARTURIA)
Truth-Telling
 Anoba'ngnaranasan
mo saDiyos?
 PaanonagingmabutiangMa
butingBalitasaiyo?

MGA GAWAIN ng Iglesya:WITNESS
IF JESUS IS LORD OF THE CHURCH …THEN
THE CHURCH MUST:
Develop Disciples Send Missionaries
1. Obedience to be 1. Doing missions at home &
Christlike overseas (Mt 28: 19-20)
 Be mature (Ep 4:13) 2. Planting healthy, holistic,
 Be imitators (1 Co 1:11) harvesting churches
2. Life of contemplation, 3. Developing Christian
prayer, growing in the culture & values in
societies
Word, constantly filled
4. Working with God to
with the Holy Spirit, doing establish His reign &
His will realm in the whole world
3. Faithful & fruitful in (Re 15:11)
vocational calling

CHURCH IS…
 PRIESTLY − to offer
acceptable spiritual
sacrifice of praise & prayer
(Ro 12:1-2)
 MISSIONARY − to declare to
others the excellencies of their
God (1 Pe 2:5, 9-10)

RESPONSIBILITIES
 KOINONIA – the demonstration of the
character of the new society
 KERYGMA – the proclamation of the
gospel that calls for repentance of sin
& faith in Christ
 DIAKONIA – reconciliation, healing,
& other forms of service
 MARTURIA– becoming
Christlike&witnessing to the ends of
the earth, even unto death

The Functional Cell /
Ang Cell na may Pagsisilbi

There is no dividing line between the church& the world. The
church may precede the world today, yet it is only living today
what the world itself is ultimately called to in the future. The
church in essence bleeds into the world ever calling it to its
true destiny. As a foretaste of the renewal of all creation, the
church cannot be discontinuous with creation. It cannot be
discontinuous with the world because the church is in the
process of becoming that very world renewed in Christ.
Neither can it merely blend into the world for then all
Mission&renewal is lost. Its presence will be in, among&for
the world even as it will be distinct from the world. This is
what it means to take on the incarnational nature of Christ. It
is this very incarnational nature that requires the church to be a
discerning community which at times both refuses conformity
with the world while at other times joining in (with what God
is already at work doing). – David Fitch

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