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The Army of Salvation COMMUNITY IN MISSION By Phil Needham Original cover art by Jeff Gabriel Community in Mission Phil Needham 2016 Frontier Press All rights reserved. Except for fair dealing permitted under the Copyright Act, no part of this book may be reproduced by any means without the permission of the publisher. Unless otherwise marked Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked (AV) taken from Authorized Version of the Bible and are in public domain. Scripture quotations marked (GNB) taken from the Good News Bible © 1994 published by the Bible Societies/ HarperCollins Publishers Ltd UK, Good News Bible© American Bible Society 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992. Used with permission. Scripture quotations marked (JB) taken from The Jerusalem Bible, copyright © 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Reprinted by permission. Scripture quotations marked (NAS) are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked (NEB) taken from the New English Bible, copyright © Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press 1961, 1970. All rights reserved. Needham, Phil Community in Mission September 2016 Copyright © The Salvation Army USA Western Territory ISBN 978-0-9968473-6-0 Printed in the United States of America on recycled paper First published 1987 by Salvation Books The Salvation Army International Headquarters, London, England This volume contains additional material. This reprint of Community in Mission thirty years after its writing invites Salvationist readers to reflect again on who we are as a Salvation Army. The reflection is now aided by questions developed by members of The Open Table, a community of Salvationists in mission together in Southern California. The questions relating to the topic of the chapter and the author’s responses are found at the end of each chapter— Missional Moments (in conversation). The author’s responses in no way represent official Army position on the questions. They are his own reflections and opinions, and are designed not for total agreement but to stimulate conversation and prayer among Salvationists centered around their corps and its future. Additionally, questions for the reader(s) are provided at the end of each chapter—Missional Movement (in community). These are designed to inspire Salvationists to move together into missional action. Combined, these sets of questions will hopefully lead to greater clarity about the direction God wants for their life and mission together. iii CONTENTS 21st Century Foreword .......................................................................... vii Original Foreword .................................................................................... ix INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................1 ONE—CHARTERED BY CHRIST .............................................................5 The new humanity How the new humanity in Christ begins How the new humanity in Christ is celebrated and nurtured Summary TWO—CREATED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT ...................................19 The redemptive fellowship How the Kingdom is expressed in the Church How the Holy Spirit empowers the Church How the Church celebrates and nurtures the redemptive character of its fellowship THREE—CALLED TO A JOURNEY ........................................... 49 The pilgrim people The Church in the world The pilgrim lifestyle Ministry and tradition in the pilgrim Church Celebrating and nurturing the pilgrim calling FOUR—COMMISSIONED FOR BATTLE ...................................75 The army of salvation The purpose of the Church Implications of the commission How the missional Church organizes for battle: a structure that serves the mission How the missional Church fights its battles: evangelism and social action How the Church celebrates its missional purpose and nurtures its missional preparedness v FIVE—ENCAMPED FOR RENEWAL ........................................ 107 The nurturing community The ministry of encouragement (a) The Church as support system (b) How the Church encourages (c) Keeping encouragement alive The ministry of equipping (a) How the Church equips (b) Blessing and supporting the equipped Encouraging and equipping the missional Church SIX—COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE ......................................131 The colony of hope The future of the Church (a) Freedom from the oppressive past (b) Courage for the promised future (c) Hope for the whosoever The Church of the future (a) The future in lifestyle (b) The future in fellowship (c) The future in mission (d) The future in structure Eschatological celebration and renewal: feasting on the future Epilogue ................................................................................................. 165 Notes ........................................................................................................167 vi 21st CENTURY FOREWORD WHAT makes the difference to a dying world? and hopeless. How will they find the solutions What hope can there be for our society today, God has prepared for them? when so many are making fatal choices in That’s precisely why we need to revisit Com- their relationships, lifestyles and cultural ac- munity in Mission by the brilliant teacher and ceptances? Do we really believe that our world practitioner, Commissioner Phil Needham. He is headed in the right direction? How did we expertly puts these concerns and their solu- get so far off track? Perhaps this quandary tions in context for us and for our generation. explains why so many are quick to embrace He reminds us that in God we have a construc- anything and everything that makes them tive way forward and that his grace is sufficient feel good, look good, or advances their cause in all things. This work doubles as a textbook for personal gain. Their hope for the world in mission and a personal guide for those lost, around them is dissipating with every day and or those helping the lost. In these pages you the future isn’t any brighter. will read and be challenged to live a life of full- The Holy Scriptures prove to us that God on discipleship, which will make a world of dif- has a better way for all of us. They reveal a pur- ference to a dying world. It’s possible because poseful life of abundance that demonstrates it’s God’s plan and it’s relevant because Need- love for each person in powerful, transforma- ham communicates convincingly of our role tive ways. Regardless of our nationality, afflu- for today. ence, influence, or personal attributes, God’s Not many books written today will stand the plan is for the healing of nations, marriages, test of time as this work does. Join us in discov- relationships and personal conflicts in a holy ery, hope, and blessing. The time is now. The and caring manner. He declares by his grace people who need our support are all around us. that we need not give up. He, indeed, is the dif- You are the perfect person to do it. Now you ference maker for a dying world. There’s good have in your hand a guide that will make sense news in that he still has hope for us. He sees of it all. You can trust the words here to form promise in us and provides a way to realize the a hope within you, an attitude of practicality joys he made us for. He hasn’t yet given up and that will lead you to right conclusions and a neither should we. heart to trust God in the process. He is the way, Our culture is replete with lost citizens, vic- the truth and the life. You will know this better timized by their surroundings and people they from now on. God be with you as you take this trusted. Others have made poor choices based in and apply it to your journey. upon bad information or a disregard for com- —Commissioners James & Carolyn Knaggs mon sense and morality. They are in despair September 2016 vii ORIGINAL FOREWORD FOR the first century of its history, The Besides clearly setting out the Salvationist Salvation Army was too busily involved in stance on baptism, Eucharist and ministry, its evangelistic mission to pause and inves- the writer challenges present-day Salvation- tigate, at any depth, exactly what its form ists to recognize, apply and practice the Ar- and nature might be within the Church uni- my’s approach in everyday living and service. versal. Content to respond to the directives Major Needham was invited to produce of the Holy Spirit, we concentrated on our a volume which would be a supplement to work in the world rather than on our role in The Salvation Army’s official response to the the Church. Lima Document, Baptism, Eucharist and Min- Such questions, however, need to be ex- istry. This book, therefore, is not a theologi- plored and have taken a significant place in cal statement emanating from the delibera- Salvationist thinking in recent years. In this tions of an official group, but is something book, Major Philip Needham considers Sal- more vital—a positive statement from a ded- vationist insights into mission and the com- icated Salvationist working from a biblical munity called to maintain that mission in and experiential perspective. the world. I believe he has produced a volume which The biblical basis and the historical con- will become a standard
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