Abstract
The most important issues for the missional church should be to establish the relation between mission and the church. The methodology used is to listen to voices concerning relevant issues in the missional church. Many important aspects of the missional church are discussed to give an overview of contemporary challenges. Metaphors for the church, such as people of God, body of Christ, temple of God, bride of Christ and witness of God give many essential guidelines for how the church should engage the world. By evaluating these metaphors, new suggestions can be made. It is concluded that the church should always be the church of the living Christ, living new lives in this world with the eye on the world to come.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The relation of the Church and mission is of great importance. In the discipline of Missiology current ideas about the missional church call for new interpretations. Only by thoroughly interacting with the metaphors of the church can the missional church be understood in a new way.
Highlights
It is crucial to discuss the relation between mission and church
Nikolajsen (2013a) writes in this regard: Lesslie Newbigin and the GOCN passed on the church-centred interpretation of missio Dei – as well as a tradition of theological integration of church and mission – which we find in the ecumenical movement in the mid-20th century
Jørgensen (2004) shows the way forward for the church: There is no room for the triumphalism and ecclesial joy of power of the past
Summary
It is crucial to discuss the relation between mission and church. The church is God’s church, and mission should always be in relation to the living Triune God. Their identity as God’s chosen, holy people gives them a purpose in the world This community of priests exists in order that (όπως) it might proclaim the liberating and loving acts of God. Some interpreters argue that the term ‘proclaim’ in this verse is not missionary language. The church must be the community proclaiming Christ as the glorious Son of God to whom all should belong This can only be done if the church understands its task in the world as a task of holiness. It implies that all aspects of creation are renewed in Christ It is important for the understanding of the church as temple of God and the way in which the incarnation should be regarded. This is clear in 1 Corinthians 3:16: ‘Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?’
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