214. What is the mission of the Church on earth?
The Church's mission is to confess and proclaim the forgiveness of sins for Jesus' sake (1) by preaching the Word, administering the Sacraments, sending missionaries, and establishing new congregations and (2) by the daily witness of the baptized children of God, His royal priesthood.
Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:42 And they devoted themselves to the Apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Read Acts 8:26-35, where Philip witnessed to the eunuch, and Acts 4:23-30, where Christians prayed for the Gospel to be proclaimed; see also Acts 8:1, 4; 13:2; 1 Peter 3:15. Within his or her vocations in life, every Christian has the duty to speak the Gospel to others.
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