What is Outreach and Missions?
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| Kentwood Community Church is first and foremost an outwardly focused church. We take Jesus' instructions to the Apostles that Christians should make disciples of all nations and to teach them what Christ taught, very seriously. |
| So we take the message of Jesus to others. Those 'others' can be our neighbors, or they can be half a world away. It makes no difference to us, we will go where God calls us.When Jesus told His disciples that "you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." it has been interpreted that he was telling them; |
- Teach what I have taught you to people who are near you (Jerusalem)
- Teach what I have taught you to people who are not near you but who are like you (Judea)
- Teach what I have taught you to people who are not near you and not like you (Samaria)
- Teach what I have taught you to people who's cultures may seem strange and exotic (the ends of the earth).
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Kentwood Community Church follows those commands:
Go everywhere, and everywhere you go love the people there, and teach them to do as I have said. That is to love one another and believe in Christ. |