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PURPOSE
& MISSION
The purpose of the United
Reformed Church
Within the one, holy, catholic, apostolic
Church the United Reformed Church acknowledges its
responsibility under God:
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to make its life a continual offering
of itself and the world to God in adoration and
worship through Jesus Christ;
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to receive and express the renewing
life of the Holy Spirit in each place and in its
total fellowship, and there to declare the
reconciling and saving power of the life, death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ;
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to live out, in joyful and
sacrificial service to all in their various physical
and spiritual needs, that ministry of caring,
forgiving and healing love which Jesus Christ
brought to all whom he met;
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and to bear witness to Christ’s rule
over the nations in all the variety of their
organised life.
The Five Marks of Mission
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to proclaim the good news of the
kingdom;
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to teach, baptise and nurture new
believers;
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to respond to human need by loving
service;
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to seek to transform unjust
structures of society;
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to strive to safeguard the integrity
of creation, to sustain and renew the life of the
earth.
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