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Today, as Christendom weakens, worship and mission are poised to reunite after centuries of separation. But this requires the church to rethink both “mission” and “worship.” In post-Christendom mission, God is the main actor and God calls all Christians to participate. In post-Christendom worship, the church tells and celebrates the story of God, enabling members to live in hope and attract...

confess that mission is not human work; it is God’s work. It grows out of God’s overflowing love for the world. Stephen Holmes has recently insisted that mission is not simply a work of God; it is an expression of “the eternal inner-triune relationships of love which Father, Son and Spirit share, and in which the church is called to participate.” For this reason it is appropriate to call God “missionary.”10 Holmes goes on to comment that “a church that refuses the call to mission is failing to be