Editorial: “Mission: Justice”

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3069 Edition

December 20-26, 2010

Editorial



Editorial: “Mission: Justice”



Translated by Lydia Ma



As we reflect back on Christmas 2010 and bring this year to a close, 
we can’t help but praise and thank God. Even though the year is 
drawing to a close, PCT’s “One-leads-One New Doubling Movement” isn’t 
winding down one bit amongst our presbyteries, districts, and 
churches.



Though not everything that happened in 2010 was successful and 
rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot continue to be 
very challenging, we still say with confidence that we saw God’s hand 
at work and we saw God leading us onward one step at a time this past 
year.



As we promote this movement, let us not forget that it’s as much a 
movement to increase quality growth as it is to increase quantity 
growth in PCT.



Admittedly, quality growth is hard to measure, but we can still 
evaluate it in two ways - ecological justice and financial justice – 
and both ways are very much at the core of the gospel as they reflect 
what God’s kingdom on earth would look like.



Let’s not forget that Jesus rebuked the Pharisees of his day for 
being two-faced. Let’s not forget that Jesus showed his compassion 
for the oppressed and the powerless in very real and tangible ways. 
The reason he went out of his way to defend them was because his 
ultimate mission was to bring freedom to all of humanity. 



Jesus’ ultimate mission was to restore the relationship humans had 
with God at the beginning of creation when everything here was still 
God’s kingdom. So, let’s not forget about ecological and financial 
justice and let’s pray for these to manifest themselves in Taiwan.



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