I have come up with following 3 aspects of church

1. being the church is an identity that comes out of our union with Christ and our union (or bond of love ) with one another in the word This is reflected in 1 Peter - you are the people of God - once you were not a people - now you are a people etc.

2. being the church means we gather at particualr times and places where we facilitate proclaim paise prohpecy etc around the word

3. being the church means we scatter in mission with the gospel word. This is not a rambo activitiy but something we do in community with church at the centre.

There has been a lot of talk recently about the relationship between church and mission. It seems to be a hot topic on the bookshelves, also known as missional ecclesiology.

in some parts church is seen as an event. in other parts they speak as church as community.

when some speak about mission it is an activity that happens outside the church, others speak of mission as being part of what it means to be church.

what do you think?
how do you see the bible speaking about church and its mission?
what are some of the implications of this for how you approach something as significant as connect 09?