Key Ideas from Lecture 2

• The mission of the people of God is always carried out through two different types of structures: mobile and local, both are normative
• God is constantly raising up new types of structures

• Everyone is called to be involved in world mission, but not everyone is called to leave his or her home and go somewhere else

• We need a more adequate theology of the church

• The Reformation was more concerned with theology than missiology, or the apostolic nature of the church

o Source of Protestant theology springs from truncated ecclesiology of Reformation- church is place where Word is rightly preached and sacraments are rightly observed
o This concept is static and lacks reference to the Great Commission
o Church is called to be a people on mission, not a place
o This is why so many protestant denominations struggle with where and how to prioritize mission
o More adequate theology of Church: apostolic nature of the chuch should result in all of the people of God fulfilling their purpose as sent ones into the world for His glory
• The existence of people with missionary vision is essential not only for the mission out there but for the church here