Mission Initiatives

Mission Initiatives

In the Community of Christ we believe Christ's mission is our mission.  All ministries, personnel, and resources of the World Church are focused on the whole mission of Jesus Christ through five, life-changing, church-changing, and world-changing Mission Initiatives:

  1. Invite People to Christ

  2. Abolish Poverty, End Suffering

  3. Pursue Peace on Earth

  4. Develop Disciples to Serve

  5. Experience Congregations in Mission

We invite you to look below or visit the World Church for more details about each mission.

Invite People To Christ

We are called to share our witness of Jesus Christ with those waiting to hear the redeeming words of the gospel.

We offer a community where you can belong, be valued and loved, deepen your spirituality, and discover a purpose that can change lives and communities.

Community of Christ is the welcoming, loving faith community that values the worth of every person as a child of God. We provide a safe space for you to explore and deepen your relationship with Jesus Christ and each other. Come discover renewed purpose for your life through compassionate, Christ-like service that ends suffering and fosters justice and peace.

Community of Christ will help you grow spiritually, discover your purpose, and equip you to be part of Christ’s mission of compassion, justice, and peace. 

We are poised to share the peace of Jesus Christ with those who are waiting to hear the redeeming words of the gospel.

We fulfill God’s ultimate vision as we…

  • Baptize/Confirm Many New Members

  • Open New Congregations

  • Launch the Church in New Nations

Abolish Poverty, End Suffering

We are called to be Christ's hands and feet, serve the poor and hungry, and stop conditions that diminish the worth of persons.

We are poised to be Christ’s hands and feet, reaching out through compassionate ministries that serve the poor and hungry and stop conditions that diminish the worth of persons.

We fulfill God’s ultimate vision as we…

  • Help Those Who Hurt

  • Feed the Hungry

  • Support Compassionate Ministries

  • Respond in Times of Crisis

Pursue Peace on Earth

We are called to restore Christ’s promise of peace through teaching and practicing nonviolent conflict resolution so we can help promote and pursue peace for all peoples and all nations across the globe.

We are poised to restore Christ’s covenant of peace, even the Zion of our hopes. The hope of Zion will become reality when we live Christ’s peace and generously share his peace with others.

We fulfill God’s ultimate vision as we…

  • Establish the Temple as a Center to Promote Peacemaking throughout the World
  • Engage Children in Peacemaking around the World
  • Seek Justice, Create Peacemakers around the World
  • Unite with Others to Make Peace around the World

Develop Disciples to Serve

We are called to be true and living expressions of the life, ministry, and continuing presence of Christ in the world.

We are poised to equip men, women, and children to be true and living expressions of the life, ministry, and continuing presence of Christ in the world.

We fulfill God’s ultimate vision as we…

  • Help All Ages Deepen Their Discipleship
  • Empower Priesthood for Mission
  • Grow Pastors and Leaders for Mission
  • Train and Send Ministers for Mission throughout the World

Experience Congregations in Mission

We are called to become congregations woven together by the Spirit and sent into the world as witnesses for Christ's love and compassion.

We are poised to become congregations that are the true and living expressions of Jesus Christ, woven together by the Spirit, and sent into the world as evangelistic witnesses, compassionate ministers, and justice and peacemakers.

We fulfill God’s ultimate vision as we…

  • Nurture Congregations of Christ’s Love and Peace
  • Experience God’s Presence through Worship
  • Become a People of Peace, Reconciliation, and Healing of the Spirit