Our Mission

To speak of “mission” is to ask the question, “Why are we here?” or “What is our purpose?”  Not surprisingly, the mission of the church is given by the Lord of the church, Jesus Christ.  Speaking to the apostles, his chosen representatives, and through them to the whole church, Jesus says, “As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you” (John 20:21).  This foundational statement on the mission of the church teaches us two things.  First, as the community that confesses Jesus as Lord, we are to continue the work which he began on earth.  To be more precise, Jesus himself is continuing his work through us.  Second, we are to continue this work in the manner in which he began it.  Jesus is our example.  As he was sent into the world, so too we are now sent into the world.  

What then is the work which Jesus began, and which he now continues through his church?  Again Jesus tells us when he says, “Behold, I am making all things new” (Revelation 21:5).  It is a work of renewal.  Jesus has come to make right again all that has gone wrong with the world.  First and foremost this means making things right again between us and God.  This is the work that Jesus began.  It is the work he continues to do through us.  It is the mission of his church.

How then did Jesus begin this work?  Jesus death on the cross for our sins, and his resurrection from the dead are the foundation of everything that he is doing.  Obviously these works are unique to Jesus.  We certainly do not repeat them.  But during his life, Jesus did model for us the way in which the blessings of his unique, saving works as Savior and Lord are received by men and women.  He showed us how the renewal he brings comes to this broken world.  As he lived in the midst of the world, among broken and sinful people, he proclaimed the truth of God (especially the truth concerning himself), and he demonstrated the love of God by his actions.  In this same manner, we continue the work which he began by proclaiming the truth of God in words, and demonstrating the love of God by our actions.   

Two Cities Church exists to bring renewal through faith in Jesus Christ to Lafayette and West Lafayette, by proclaiming the truth of God, and by demonstrating the love God.  

But what specific things do we actually do as a church to bring renewal to our area?  For more information on our actual life together and work as a congregation, see the page on the ministries of our church.