We are the hope on earth

I have written a paper on the Mission of God and the role of the Church in it. It is entitled, "We are the hope on earth," a line taken from a Rend Collective Experiment song. Here is a link to the song itself: Song. 

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