The Missio Dei

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The Missio Dei
Gods communicative action in the world through
the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, communicated to
us through the incarnated Christ, revealed to us
through the Word and Sacraments, and proclaimed
to the world through the Church, in order that
the lost might be found and saved, and those
brought into the Kingdom become active
participants in the Missio Dei.
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The Missio Dei

• Matthew 2819-20
• Luke 2446-47
• Mark 1615-16
• Acts 18

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Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority
in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
observe all that I have commanded you. And surely
I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
This is what is written The Christ will suffer
and rise from the dead on the third day and
repentance and forgiveness of sins will be
preached in His name to all nations beginning in
Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. Go
into all the world and preach the Good News to
all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized
will be saved, but whoever does not believe will
be condemned. But you will receive power when the
Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

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The Missio Dei

• Matthew 2819-20

• What we do as we go, the process
• The command in these verses?
• Make Disciples
• By teaching
• By baptizing
• By going

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The Missio Dei

• Luke 2446-47

• What we preach, teach the content of the message

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The Missio Dei

• Mark 1615-16

• The results when Gods Word is proclaimed
• Some respond through the Spirits work
• Others refuse

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The Missio Dei

• The missionary method, the strategy used
• Starting in Jerusalem, then proceeding to Judea,
  Samaria, and to the end of the world,
• make disciples by going, teaching, and baptizing,
• proclaiming the Good News,
• so that people believe and are baptized.

• Acts 18

• Lukes narrative follows the pattern

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The Missio Dei

• Acts 18
• Start in Jerusalem
• Inside the church, with our own
• Geographically near, culturally near

• Move to Judea
• The stained-glass barrier
• Geographically near, culturally near

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The Missio Dei

• Acts 18
• Out to Samaria
• The first cross-cultural experiences
• Geographically near, culturally far

• End with the Nations
• Ethnic groups, not countries
• Geographically far, culturally far