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.”
KINGDOM PEOPLE IN KINGDOM BUISNESS Over the last two decades as a Christian and a ‘Missionary’, I realise we have had a tendency to narrow down Mission to some very specific categories. Mission in my first decade, as an Evangelical, was thrust to someone who is sent out; probably as a missionary to an “Unreached” destination. But over the last decade as ‘Evangelicals’ we have looked at Mission with a more Wholistic framework. Probably in the present context we seem to be getting over some past histories, from which we evolved, to a much Biblical (mature) perspective. Mission for God is His Kingdom Come. So our study here would be centered around His Kingdom. ‘Kingdom of God’ (and for that matter any New Testament subject) needs to be always understood in the light of the Old Testament. The Kingdom of God is Kingship, His rule, His authority...the Kingdom is not a realm or a people but God’s Reign” [1] The Kingdom Mission (concern) is the reconciliation of mankind back to God and to ...
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