1. As the Father Sent Jesus, Jesus Sends the Church
First, Jesus met his disciples after the resurrection just before he returned to heaven and said,“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” (John 20:21).
Disciples of Jesus are an extension of Jesus' mission in the world. We are his ‘active agents’ in the world - to bring more of the kingdom of Heaven to our here and now; that the way things operate in heaven, would be more and more the way things operate in our realm of influence.
The Church is to extend the kingdom REACH of Jesus everywhere we go and in every way we can!