The Mission
Statement of the Methodist Church
The calling of the Methodist
Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in
Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and
mission.
Worship in the Methodist Church is expressed in many
ways. In worship the Church
- gives praise to God in
Christ through the Spirit
- opens itself to God's
transforming love
- receives and reflects on the
gospel of God's ways in the world
- offers itself to share in
God's costly action in the world.
Methodism endorses many
dimensions and methods of Christian mission. In
particular it affirms that mission includes:
- telling the good news of
Jesus
- calling people to faith in
Jesus Christ and to Christian discipleship
- caring for individual people
and communities
- sharing the task of
education and social and spiritual development
- struggling for a just world
- being alongside the poor
- becoming friends with people
of different cultures and faiths
- caring for the earth
- building partnerships with
other churches and other groups who share some of
our mission aims.
To read
about the position of the Methodist Church on a range of
topics,
see the
fact sheets
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