As it strives to bring Christ's love and forgiveness to everyone, the church is reminded constantly of its own need for that same love and forgiveness. God's mission is to and for everyone - including those who claim it as their own. Because they "daily sin much and surely deserve nothing but punishment" (Small Catechism, The Lord's Prayer), God's people, daily living in their Baptism, need to look to Christ's cross for forgiveness to be renewed and invigorated for their God-given task.
-- A Theological Statement on Mission, Saint Louis, MO: LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations, 1991.
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