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Kindom of God

The Kingdom of God is the basis of the Church’s involvement in Communities. Since “the Kingdom of God is both present and future, both societal and individual, both physical and spiritual,” René Padilla shares that “eschatology is not an encouragement to escape into the distant future, but an incentive ‘to infuse the world with hope, for both this age and the next...this means that we must...respond to immediate human needs, and press for social transformation.”

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Jeremiah A V Dumai said…
I think keeping Kingdom of God as the central narrative in the way we think of mission is key to understanding the biblical idea of mission correctly.
August 30, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Jeremiah A V Dumai said…
I also think that in UESI we have not done much reflection on what kind of implication such perspective will or should have for mission in the colleges and universities. I just don't think keeping such perspective in mind will automatically lead us towards what social organisations are doing, forgetting evangelistic thrust. Such fear, I think, is based on improper understanding of Kingdom of God.
August 30, 2010 at 9:55 PM
Sathish Simon said…
Happy to hear from you Jeremiah. I feel we need to have deeper teachings in our University groups on Kingdom of God and its Implication for our life here. God Bless
September 5, 2010 at 8:59 PM
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