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Article: Popping the question: have you turned your life over to Jesus?(RENEWAL)
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- Presbyterian Record
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- May 1, 2009
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Living Faith declares the mission of the Presbyterian Church is to recognize and act on the truth: "As God sent Christ to us, so Christ sends us into the world. We are here to proclaim Christ in word and deed." It goes on to say that mission is evangelism, the offer of salvation to all people in the power of the Holy Spirit, to be received through faith in Christ.
The question we all need to ask as Presbyterians is: How are we doing? According to the statistics printed in the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assembly, every year there are fewer people being baptised and fewer new members. These are the signs of people making a ...