Theology of Missions



Theology of Missions

Introduction

For a long time, "mission" meant the expansion of the Christian religion to the founding of new churches. Only in the twentieth- century theology has renewed the link with the first meaning of "mission": the sending of the church in the world was then understood as an extension of the mission Dei (International Missionary Council in Willingness, 1952). The missionary vocation of the Church derives not only from the requirement given by Jesus, but also by the will of God. Since the Christian God is a missionary God, the Church as a people of God must be a missionary. The activity of Jesus as described in the gospels was essentially missionary. He was sent to preach this to the kingdom of God. The interpretation of the mission from the mission Dei, which is now consensus among Christian churches

The paper highlights the same concept of theological mission In comparison to the role of missionaries and church. It also identifies the motifs, and integration of mission to the religious aspect.

Thesis Statement

Humanity cannot understand God and his love unless it owns God's and Jesus mission irrespective of the sacrifice required to fulfill it.

Mission in Old Testament

In the Old Testament, God sends a missionary as a form of the blessed reformer. There are hundreds of references of mission in the Old Testament. He sends angels and Prophets for the fulfillment of these scriptural missions Exodus 3:13 2 Samuel 12:1, Psalm 147:15, Psalm 107:20, and Exodus 23:20, describe these missions. They describe the mission as the salvation from the Jews (John 4:22).

In the Old Testament, the mission theology begins where god interacts with man personally after the fall [1]. This is known as protoevangelium, Jesus crushing Satan's head (Gen. 3:15). The passage shows the ultimate will of God, that Satan should be vanished, and Adam's children be rescued from the devastating results of sin

The call of Abraham is another significant feature of theological mission in the Old Testament. God calls Abraham as a specific means through which he will bless the humanity (Gen 12: 1-3) this blessing is explained to be fulfilled by faith in person and Jesus work. It also shows that the world salvation will be achieved through the chosen people rather than through God's single action

Mission in New Testament

In the New Testament the mission generally refers to the cross- cultural ministry. In the biblical terminology, it seems that the cross- cultural aspect of Christian ministry is not an essential part of the mission [1].

Mission may cross the cultural, ethnic and other boundaries (Acts 1:8). However, this is not an integral part of the New Testament concept of mission. Mission in the new testament centers around a person's or groups' commissioning (Matthew 28: 18-20) to a specific task. In the case of focusing on the proclamation of the gospel, the God's message of forgiveness and gracious salvation of sins is to be appropriated by faith. This focus rules out the understanding of mission which is perceived broadly that ...