Elders and mission
1. Introduction
This section looks at an issue at the heart of the church – what do we mean by the phrase ‘the mission of the church’; and how each church within the URC has a mission – a vision of who and what they are. Fundamental to the idea of mission we will explore and reflect on these questions:
- what do we do, what activities are core to the church, and what talents, gifts and experience can our people offer?
- whom do we serve? Are there particular groups of people or particular needs, that we believe we are called to serve?
- how do we serve these groups and address those needs?