is an expression of the love of God, its chief purpose is for creating a platform for evangelism to occur. Some more progressive evangelicals have been willing to move into Position 5. John Stott and the Lausanne movement would represent this position, acknowledging that evangelism and social action are both elements of the larger mission of the church, but they would want to reaffirm the priority of evangelistic ministry over social action.8 I would like to suggest the more distinctly missional
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