Moderator’s Challenge
To the Ends of the Earth – Together!
ALAN BROYLES Moderator
T
his is the theme of Synod this year, and it comes from a need to focus on the efforts of our denomination in several key aspects of church work.
“And Jesus came and said to
them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all
Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I
Matthew 28:18-19).
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends Acts 1:8).
I will ask the following people to join me on the stage:
These are the people who have the primary responsibility for im- plementing the various denomina- tional programs that the Synod has mandated. Over time the form or composition of these various agen- cies will change, but each one exists ministry discipline. None of these agencies is more or less important that any of the others – their scope of work and sphere of responsibility may differ greatly, but each one con- tributes to the overall mission of the words, even though Erskine or World Witness or ONA reach thousands of people a year, they are no more im- portant to the Lord’s work than the if you doubt this, let me remind you in Matthew 18:12-14. “If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety- nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? And if he he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one
To the ends of the
Earth...Together 6 The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
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