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What is integral mission? What is integral mission?
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What is integral mission?

Integral mission is the church speaking of and living out its faith in Jesus Christ in an undivided way in every aspect of life.

As the Micah Declaration on Integral Mission states: “It is not simply that evangelism and social involvement are to be done alongside each other. Rather, in integral mission our proclamation has social consequences as we call people to love and repentance in all areas of life. And our social involvement has evangelistic consequences as we bear witness to the transforming grace of Jesus Christ. If we ignore the world, we betray the word of God which sends us out to serve the world. If we ignore the word of God, we have nothing to bring to the world.  Justice and justification by faith, worship and political action, the spiritual and the material, personal change and structural change belong together. As in the life of Jesus, being, doing and saying are at the heart of our integral task.”

 
Further reading about integral mission 

Click on the following links for more information about integral mission:

 

Tearfund’s definition of integral mission. (34 kB)

 

The Micah Declaration on Integral Mission.

 

Explore the relationship between proclamation and demonstration (or evangelism and social action) in integral mission. (58 kB)

 

Four short case studies of integral mission in practice.

 

A talk on integral mission given to Tearfund partners in India.

 

A talk on the role of the local church in integral mission given to Tearfund partners in India.

 


This page was last updated on 25 June 2008