Lesson 15-The Church Flashcards
People
The Church is the people
Uplifting hands
The Church is a people that is born, nurtured, and sustained by God.
Scroll in Crown
The Church is a people that shares in a continuity in mission and purpose with the ancient abrahamic community of old
Servant Seal on scroll and clothing
The Church is a servant people that models its lifestyle after Jesus, its Lord
Crown
THE CHURCH IS A PEOPLE THAT
TAKES ITS ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES FROM
CHRIST, ITS HEAD
Ray of Light
THE CHURCH IS A PEOPLE WITH
A MOTIVE FOR MISSION
Trumpet
THE CHURCH IS A PROCLAIMING
AGENCY OF GOD’S PURPOSE AND WILL
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THE CHURCH IS A PEOPLE
WALKING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION
AND LOOKING AHEAD TO A SECOND WORLD
Ethnic mixture of many people
THE CHURCH IS
A RECONCILIATORY INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF
GOD, ORDAINED BY HIM TO GATHER THE SCATTERED
PEOPLE OF HIS EARTH AND TO MAKE THEM ONE IN HIS
SAVING CHRIST
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AS THE MEMBERS OF CHRIST’S
BODY, IT IS A PEOPLE THAT HAS BEEN CALLED BY HIM
TO BE A REDEMPTIVE AGENCY IN THE WORLD IN
WHICH IT LIVES