Five Marks of Mission

What does it mean to be engaged in mission? The Anglican Communion has adopted “Five Marks of Mission” to point the way for responding to the call of Jesus.

• To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom;
• To teach, baptize, and nurture new believers;
• To respond to human need by loving service;
• To seek to transform unjust structures of society;
• To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

The church does not take partisan political stands nor do we endorse candidates. But we do remind people of our values, the marks of what it means to be in mission in the name of, and for the sake of, Jesus. I encourage you to keep these values in mind as we go through this political season. And then I urge you to vote. Vote your conscience. Vote your values. Vote with Jesus in mind.

 –John Paddock