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Latin

America

Mission

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I n t r o d ~ ~ j j _ S J n

lJe believe that

God s

mission to the

IJorld

is the Church s

central

purpose.

God

in

His

sovereign

design,

has

entrusted

His

Church

with

the Word and empowered her with the Holy Spir i t so that by

proclamation,

teaching and demonstration of power and love Christ may be

communicated

to

al l nations, and

that each one who

believes

may

become part of

His

redeemed

people, obedient to the Gospel and the orecepts of His Kingdom. The l i f e of

this redeemed people should be expressed in witn

ess

and ser

vice

to one s

neighbor in

l o v e ~ beginnir: g Nith the

household

of fa.ith.

The

Latin America

t i

s s

i

on as a e s o u

-

c e o f

t h

e

Ch

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h t-

c o

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n

i

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t h

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f

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N i

n

g g

u

i d i

n

g

missiological

principles

for the carrying

out

of i t s

ministry.

Acts 1: 1

-11;

F ~ o m a n s

16;

2 6 ~

i

The

L : ; - - : u ~ u _ .

The Centr alitv

of th

e Chur ch 1n

Godls

olan

fot

the

r:eter-

2:2 12

. . The church

s

:at the -lery cente; of God s cosmic

purpose and

is his

appointed m e n ~ of spre

ading

the

Gospel.

But a church which

preaches the

Cross must

i t s e l f

be marked

bv the

Cross. I t

becomes

a stumbling block to

evangelism when i t betrays

the

Gospel or

lacks

a l iving

fa i th

in

God a genuine love for people, or

scrupulous

honesty in

al l

things including

promotion

and finance. The

church

i s

the

community

of

God s

people

rather

than

an

ins t i tu t ion and must not be ident i f ied with any par t icular

cul ture , social or pol i t ica l system, r human ideology.

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e rejoice that we the Latin

America

Mission,

are

part of the Body

of Christ ,

His Church;

therefore we

express our

support for i t .

To best

reach

*These Scriotural

references

are

not

meant to provide

a

complete l i s t ing

ot

passages to suoport

a given orinciple . Rather,

they are

merely suggestive

of the many Biblical passages that mioht be ci ted .

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Missiological Principles

m y

have to

be

employed.

The

development of i t s

own

leadership, programs

and

exoeriences

~ 1 1 1

strengthen

i t most.

Permanent

ministries

sha l l

be

given

their

autonomy as soon as oracticablc so

that

local structures

m v

be

strenothened.

.

-

.3 e recognize

our responsibi : i tv to

par t ic ipate

with

the Latin Church

as i t carr ies out the Great

Commission through

cross-cul tural witness

and

mission

from

i t s own Jerusalem to the uttermost parts of the earth.

t 1 s

understood

thaf any effor t

to

establ ish churches is a commitment

to

the Church

i t s l f ~

t ~ J e

E ;

J c t a f f i l a t e s t D be ac t i v e par

t

i c i pan

t

s i n a l oc ct e < pr e s s i on

cf the C h ~ r c h ~ i : h which share a common faith and pract ice , to identify with

it ~ n d v n

though i t s faults and

weaknesses m y

be

evident,

to respect and