Missio Dei // John 20:21

Missio Dei: Participating in the Movement of GodTeacher: Dr. Chris Gnanakan"As the Father has sent me, so send I you." — John 20:21 In this powerful teaching, we explore the profound concept of Missio Dei—the Latin phrase for "the mission of God." Far from being just a program of the church, mission is revealed as something anchored in the very DNA of God himself. From the foundations of the world and the earliest pages of Genesis, God has been on a "search and rescue mission" to restore His image in humanity and reconcile the world to Himself. Through personal testimony and global stories from India to Pakistan and across the Mekong Valley, this message challenges our cultural baggage and redresses our understanding of what it means to be a "sent" people. Key Highlights:A Trinitarian Mission: Understanding missions as a flow from God the Father (the Sender), through God the Son (the Sent One), and empowered by the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Missions). From Genesis to Revelation: Seeing how the "Proto-Evangelion" (the first good news) in Genesis 3:15 sets the stage for a global, ethno-linguistic movement that culminates in every tribe and tongue worshiping before the throne. The Goal of Mission: Recognizing that "mission exists because worship doesn't." The ultimate end of all missional activity is the glory of God and the joy of all nations. A Living Movement: Moving beyond "church as a club" to "church as an organism" that gathers to be scattered, reaching the unreached even in the most restricted corners of the earth. Join us as we discover how to stop trying to find a "biblical basis for missions" and instead start living out the missional basis of the Bible.