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The Mission
The Church & Society Mission Team is organized to identify
and report to Presbyterians on critical ethical issues before
Missourians — particularly those issues that are related
to our Christian faith and state government including:
- Children
- The dependent
- Poverty
- Pornography
The Mission Team will use emails, bulletins, and presentations
to alert Presbyterians to critical social issues. If these
issues are being debated in the state legislature, the Mission
Team will provide timely information that recipients may
use to develop input that may, in turn, help guide state
policy and legislation. Upon request, the Mission Team will
present seminars on Church and Society issues.
The Mission Team has contracted with Ray Schneider, former
Economist for the Missouri Senate to monitor, interpret, and report on
topics identified by the Mission Team.
The Mission Team will seek to witness to the love and justice
of Jesus Christ and the promotion of social righteousness.
These efforts will offer opportunities to think theologically
and to consider societal issues in the light of Biblical
truth. The Mission Team hopes that these activities will
help equip participants to be more vital servants of our
Lord.
For 2008, the Mission Team surveyed pastors, sessions, and boards of deacons throughout the Presbytery and based on the responses will focus on the following
issues confronting Church and Society:
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