Here is the abstract:
This paper looks at the nature of the church and its
mission, the nature of God and his
mission, and the relationship between the two. The church is identified as the collective expression of those who have
witnessed something of God through Jesus, and whom God sends out as his emissaries
into his world. Its mission is to love, serve, preach, teach, heal and
liberate. God is trinity, and that is pivotal to his mission, missio Dei, which
is to extend the company of those sharing the divine company, the heavenly
banquet. The church’s mission of loving, etc. is thus transformed into one of
inviting the nations to this divine party. This is illustrated from the
author’s own experience in the Bible translation and language development
movements.
I have uploaded it to academia.edu and you can find it here .
Happy reading! Michael
