The Mission of God's People Quotes

“It is not so much the case that God has a mission for his church in the world, as that God has a church for his mission in the world. Mission was not made for the church; the church was made for mission – God’s mission. Chris Wright”
― Christopher J.H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“our mission is nothing less (or more) than participating with God in this grand story until he brings it to its guaranteed climax.”
― Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“If our mission is to share good news, we need to be good news people. If we preach transformation, we need to show some evidence of what transformation looks like.”
― Christopher J.H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission

“Mission arises from the heart of God himself, and is communicated from his heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God.”
― Christopher J.H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“There should be no theology that does not relate to the mission of the church – either by being generated out of the church’s mission or by inspiring and shaping it. And there should be no mission of the church carried on without deep theological roots in the soil of the Bible. No theology without missional impact; no mission without theological foundations.”
― Christopher J.H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“Evil and sin weave their way into every aspect of God’s creation and every dimension of human personhood and life on earth.”
― Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“The reality is, of course, as soon as you think seriously about it, that the mission field is everywhere, including your own street – wherever there is ignorance or rejection of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
― Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“the same apostle Paul was sure that if the church in Corinth would worship God aright, any unbeliever who came into their meeting would “fall down and worship God, exclaiming, ‘God is really among you’ ” (1 Cor. 14:25). That’s missional praise.”
― Christopher J.H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“the dangerous result is that theology proceeds without missional input or output, while mission proceeds without theological guidance or evaluation.”
― Christopher J.H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“The exodus was not a movement from slavery to freedom, but from slavery to covenant. Redemption was for relationship with the redeemer, to serve his interests and his purposes in the world.”
― Christopher Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“This understanding [of the image of God] turns our supremacism upsidedown, for if we resemble God in that we have dominion, we must be called to be “imitators of God” (Eph. 5:1) in the way we exercise it. Indeed, far from giving us a free hand on the earth, the imago Dei constrains us. We must be kings, not tyrants – if we become the latter we deny, and even destroy, the image in us. Huw Spanner”
― Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“Spiritual warfare is not about naming territorial spirits, claiming the ground or binding demons. It is all about the gospel. It is to live a gospel life, to preserve gospel unity and to proclaim gospel truth. It is to do this in the face of a hostile world, a deceptive enemy and our own sinful natures. And it is to pray to a sovereign God for gospel opportunities. Advance comes through godliness, unity, proclamation and prayer. Timothy Chester, on Ephesians 621”
― Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission