The mission statement is a reflection on Christ's living mandate for his church gathered from every corner of the City Church.* The collaborative mission statement contains five distinct yet interconnected elements, which call all members of the body to a wholistic ministry expressed both individually and communally. It voices our restlessness to be God's obedient people in ways we have only begun
to realize. We are propelled toward an unknown future, for which our abiding resources are God's Word and Spirit. Each center of our life together -- congregation, classis, synod, and every specialized ministry we have established -- is an integral part of our shared mission in and to God's world. As people redeemed by Christ's blood and commissioned to be servants to hungering people, all of us embrace an urgent personal mission of worship, nurture, caring, discipling, and building Christ's kingdom in our own times and places. United by our historic confessions ** and a contemporary testimony (2007), institutions and individuals move forward with a shared mission in response to God's call to "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God" (Mic. 6:8). As followers of Jesus Christ living in this world, we declare with joy and trust,
Our world belongs to God!
