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WE ARE AL L MI SSI O NAR I ES O R WE AR E NOTHI NG
aptism is the root of all mission. As the Presiding Bishop reminds us, Jesus’ command
to his disciples to go forth into the world to
baptize and make disciples of all nations
is the very event from which we derive the
word “mission.” We teach, baptize, and nurture new believers because Baptism is “the sacrament by which God
adopts us his children and makes us members of Christ’s
Body, the Church, and inheritors of the Kingdom of God.”
(Book of Common Prayer, p. 858) Our joy in proclaiming
the Good News and building the Kingdom of God is ultimately for the sake of the citizens of that Kingdom.
The 2012 General Convention
challenged The Episcopal Church
to concentrate triennial work
toward the Second Mark of Mission – the teaching, baptizing, and
nurturing of new believers – on
the sustainability of Province IX,
which includes the Dioceses of Colombia, the Dominican Republic,
Ecuador Central, Ecuador Litoral,
Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Focusing on measurable
deliverables, the Missionary Society is working with all Province IX