Ascension Day was on 17th May this year, so today, 20th was the Sunday after Ascension. It is the time when we remember, 40 days after the resurrection, when Jesus ascends to the Father. Often it is overlooked and eclipsed in evengelical circles by Pentecost.....
But it the occasion of the Great Commission given to the Disciples '.....as you go, preach the gospel......' (Matthew 28), which must be one of the most important, foundational texts for a mission society, like CMS.
The Church Mission Society used to be based in Partnership House in 157 Waterloo Road, London before the relocation to Oxford. The local Post Office used to call it 'Go Forth' House, because of the verse from Mark (16:15) emblazoned across the front of the building:
Unfortunately since we moved out, the place has been boarded up and sits empty. And the message now seems to suggest the sad demise of Western Mission.
My former colleague, Patrick Goh the previous CMS Personnel Director has put together a sequence of pictures of what he has called 'Go Forth' people. They are people we know well from years of working together. A great bunch. Many have moved on to other things, beyond CMS.
(according to my Shazam APP, the music is 'What Grace is Mine', by Keith and Kristyn Getty)
Mission is not dead; it is still very much alive, Not as an institution, but as a movement of people of mission.... a Community of Mission Service.
But it the occasion of the Great Commission given to the Disciples '.....as you go, preach the gospel......' (Matthew 28), which must be one of the most important, foundational texts for a mission society, like CMS.
The Church Mission Society used to be based in Partnership House in 157 Waterloo Road, London before the relocation to Oxford. The local Post Office used to call it 'Go Forth' House, because of the verse from Mark (16:15) emblazoned across the front of the building:
‘GO FORTH To EVERY PART of THE WORLD and PROCLAIM the GOOD NEWS to the WHOLE CREATION’
Unfortunately since we moved out, the place has been boarded up and sits empty. And the message now seems to suggest the sad demise of Western Mission.
My former colleague, Patrick Goh the previous CMS Personnel Director has put together a sequence of pictures of what he has called 'Go Forth' people. They are people we know well from years of working together. A great bunch. Many have moved on to other things, beyond CMS.
(according to my Shazam APP, the music is 'What Grace is Mine', by Keith and Kristyn Getty)
Mission is not dead; it is still very much alive, Not as an institution, but as a movement of people of mission.... a Community of Mission Service.
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