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This volume falls into three symmetrical parts, each of which is subdivided. The first part draws on the missiological insights of Karl Barth and the Second Vatican Council concerning the missio Dei, and directly relates this theme to the tasks entrusted to the Church in “The Great Commission” of Matthew 28: the ministry of the Word, the celebration of the sacraments and the exercise of pastoral...

Church of the USA asks: ‘Who are the ministers of the Church?’. The right answer—and the only answer that is possible if the Church is a missionary body—is: ‘The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons.’ An evangelical church in Westminster, London, has on its notice board: ‘Pastor: The Revd So-and-So’; ‘Ministers: The Congregation’. In mission the whole Church brings the whole Christ to the whole world. If, as Augustine said, ‘the whole Christ is the head and the members’,
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