Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on conforming to Christ and the mission of God. 1 John 3:1-3. Every church has the exact same mission from God. A mission completely associated with our understanding of the nature of God: proclamation.

As we look at 1 John, we see the idea of God’s nature, our joy and conformity to it as we observe it, and the mission of the church. It’s vital for us to see that evangelism is an expression of the mission of the church; it’s what God has called us to do and should be a normal activity of the church.

When we think about the mission God has tasked us with, to share our faith, and as we are drawn into this mission as a result of more clarity on our part of the nature of God, we see God doesn’t motivate us out of guilt, and our involvement in mission is not out of desire to grow, or as a me ...