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INTRODUCTION<\/strong>: It\nis noted that the church and society are inseparably interrelated as the church\nis one of the structures of any given society. The church as a religious\norganization in the society has a major role in serving the community where she\nbelongs. Therefore if the church fails to influence the society which she\nbelongs to then she has lost her position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today much emphasis is placed on the role of the church as a transformation and change agent. However, this is not a new concept or understanding of the role of the church. Throughout the ages, in spite of other ecclesiologies, the church has been involved in the life of humankind, in making of nationhood, building of culture, structuring of society with its functions and institutions and in shaping the form and quality of political systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Church of Jesus Christ has normally understood the transformation of society to\nbe an essential part of its mission task.While\nthe focal point of missions has been to communicate the Good News of Christ, to\ncall men and women to repentance and faith, and to baptise them into the\nchurch, it has also involved a process of teaching them to \u2018observe all things\u2019\nthat Jesus commanded. Christians have assumed that this obedience would lead to\nthe transformation of their physical, social and spiritual lives. Sometimes\nthis has been well done, sometimes poorly done. But missionaries have always\nimplicitly assumed that the reception and the living out of the gospel would\nbegin to transform both individual and community life.And more often than not, specific steps were taken and institutions were\nestablished to aid this process. While we recognise today that the missionaries\noften envisioned a model of the transformed community that looked suspiciously\nlike the ones they knew in their own cultures, there is no doubt that this\ntransforming dimension was an essential aspect of mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nChristian church right from its inception was involved in the transformation of\nsociety. Our attempt is not to provide a history of Christian mission per se\nbut to show that the church has always had a concept of transformation and\nchange in its mission and ministry, especially as it relates to the poor and\nthe needy. There is a deeper resurgence of this quest for the role of the\nchurch in bringing about transformation and change in the world by focusing on\nthe mission<\/em> of the church. Reggie McNeal states that the rise of the\nmissional church is the single biggest development in Christianity since the\nReformation (2009:xiii). He points out that this is not doing church-as-usual.\nGoing missional requires three shifts: (1) from internal to external in terms\nof ministry focus, (2) from programme development to people development in\nterms of core activity and (3) from church-based to kingdom-based in terms of\nleadership agenda (McNeal 2009:xiv). Speaking about the missional renaissance,\nMcNeal asserts that this is changing the way the people of God think about God\nand the world, about what God is up to in the world and what part the people of\nGod plays in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nmain definition of the church in this and other contexts has been said to be\nthe assembly of believers in Jesus Christ who are meant to be salt and light in\nthe society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is\nnoted that the church once serving the society. So what is happening now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\nare several areas where the church has been serving the society. These among\nothers are in the areas of Education, health sector, politics, socials such as\nprovision of jobs and vocational training, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the\narea of education, the church can still serve better by providing quality\neducation in all spheres. In the area of health, the church can serve better by\nensuring that medical facilities are provided especially in the primary health\ncare which is the basic that every person needs in any given community.\nPolitically, though we believe that the church also plays some sorts of\npolitics directly or indirectly, but how do we play such politics in the way\nthat the community or the society could borrow a leaf from us. The question\nhere is that, are we far better? The truth is that the church is expected to\nmodel the community in a better way of doing politics and in administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The early church<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus\nand the apostles functioned within the society in which they were found. Hence,\nthe socioeconomic and political factors of the day were to greatly influence\nthe teachings of Jesus and his disciples. In taking sides with the poor, Jesus\nattacked the Pharisees and Sadducees for their self-indulgence and greed (Matt\n23:25-33). They were known for their oppression and exploitation of the poor\npeasants. Jesus\u2019 preaching about the \u2018Kingdom\u2019 made it abundantly clear that\nGod took seriously the concerns of the poor and needy: the poor would be\nblessed in the realisation that the \u2018Kingdom of God\u2019 was theirs (Lk 6:20-26);\neven tax collectors and harlots would gain entry before those who appeared to\nbe religious and respectable (Matt 21:31-32), and the rich and saturated would\nbecome acquainted with want and hunger. The arrival of the \u2018Kingdom\u2019 contained\nthe seeds of economic revolution and social reversal. With all these we,\nhowever, do not find a \u2018pattern\u2019 of a fully orbed programme to transform\nsociety in the life of the early church. This, however, radically changed when\nthe church moved out beyond the borders of the Graeco-Roman frontiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christianity\nbegan by preaching and practising the \u2018gospel of love and charity\u2019 which\nincluded almsgiving and care for widows, orphans, slaves, travellers, the sick,\nthe imprisoned and the poor (Von Harnack 1967:147-198). Driven by the love of\nJesus, believers went out and expressed their love for the neighbour. The early\ndisciples showed true mercy and compassion. Peter, who had no silver or gold on\nhis person, gave a crippled beggar what he did have: the gift of health (Acts\n3:6). Tabitha (Dorcas) is cited as an early disciple \u2018full of good works and\nacts of charity\u2019 (Acts 9:36).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally\nspeaking, the New Testament sees the ministry of mercy not only as an\nindividual obligation, but also as a corporate endeavour of the church, to be\ncarried out by the church itself. \u2018So then, as we have opportunity, let us do\ngood to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith\u2019\n(Gal 6:10). Thus members of the first Christian congregation \u2018sold their\npossessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need\u2019 (Acts\n2:45). The early Christians in Jerusalem were organised on determinedly\negalitarian lines, practising community ownership of property. Women played as\nprominent a role as men did. Slaves and freed men and women shared equally with\nthe freeborn. Within the group, at least in the early decades, there was a\nconscious rejection of the status-conscious norms of society, a rejection\nsummarised in the admonition that within the community of the baptised there\nwas \u2018neither Jew nor Greek \u2026 slave nor free \u2026 male nor female\u2019 (Gal 3:28; cf.\nJas 2:2-12).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nthe church spread through the Roman Empire, its ministries of mercy underwent\nconsiderable development. Social relief became a monopoly of the church in Rome\nand Alexandria, where it was manifested in distributions to the poor and in the\nestablishment and upkeep of hospitals, orphanages and homes for the aged. By the\n4th century the church was also bringing relief to people whom inflation had\nplunged into distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS OF SOCIETY\nTRANSFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One\nmajor issue that the church needs to address in order to better serve the\nsociety is to identify the connection between Christ we preach and our\nresponsibility to the society He died for. The question here is that are we\ndoing it the exact way Christ would have wanted us to do it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. We\nneed to identify that in order to do it right and in a better way, the church\nneeds to put her house in order as the kingdom that has divided against herself\nwould not be able to achieve any better thing outside her territory \u2013 United we\nstand and divided we fall. Here, reference is to be made to the situation of\nthe early church just immediately after the Pentecost in Acts 2: 42f when the\nchurch was in a communion and one fellowship which made the church to have\ngreat impact and influence within the community of establishment. We agreed\nthat we need to get ourselves better right first before we can be able to sell\nour products outside in a way that could withstand the need of the community we\nserve.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    • We\nneed to identify that the community we serve in different areas does not have\nthe same need all over even though there may be general needs as well. The\nchurch should be more sensitive to the immediate needs of her community where\nshe belongs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • The\npeople we are to serve are also needed to be identified. All kinds of people\nare to be served irrespective of their political, religious, social, ethnic\naffiliation. It is high time the church should go beyond ethnic and religion if\nshe must serve her community better.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        • It\nneeds also to be identified that our church fathers need to change in their\nleadership style especially in the area of service to the church which will in\nturn help the church to serve her community better. It is to be noted that our\ncall to leadership is nothing but to serve the people selflessly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          HOW CAN THE CHURCH SERVE BETTER?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. The\nfirst thing is to identify the areas where the church has not done enough and\nwhich needs our immediate attention. In Acts 6, we read that the ministry of\nthe Apostles was lacking in some areas and which needed immediate attention.\nThe church should have come to the understanding that everybody is called to\nserve \u2013 lay or clergy, young or old, male or female.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            • The church needs to explore our method of discipleship through catechism and this should be done from the cradle and we should not think of the opposite since we believe that politician, clergy, bishops and all areas of leadership start from somewhere. So the church through her leaders especially both clergy and bishops should take the teaching of catechism with passion.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • The\nissue of TRUTH, JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS for all is a major thing which we\nshould identify that could help the church to serve her community better. The\nchurch should always be an advocate of this all the time and in all areas\nespecially when considering the situation we find ourselves in this part of our\nsociety. The church should rise like Amos of his day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                • We\nalso reiterated the need to make our evangelistic drive to be holistic. For\ninstance, we should endeavour to build our welfarism up. This should have a\ngood place in our church budgeting. The poor and the needy in our community\nshould be identified and cared for. The church should understand that the need\nof the widows is double \u2013 economic and cultural. The church must always rise to\nassist the widows in these areas not just providing financial need. It must\nalso to be noted that the church should build capacity. When the youth and the\nneedy even within the church are assisted, they will now in future help the\nchurch to serve the community better. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                  • Necessary\norientation should be made available at all times in the church on the goings\non in the society. Orientation by teaching should be made possible. This will\nsensitize the church to be always aware of her noble responsibility towards her\ncommunity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                    • The\nissue of herdsmen and other religious and political attacks were to be made our\nconcern and taken seriously. The church should keep on praying, not keeping\nquiet and also to help the victims where applicable.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      CONCLUSION:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      In\nthis talk, we have shown that the Christian church has always been involved in\nthe transformation of society, especially as it took sides with the poor and\noppressed. At times it seemed to have lost this focus, but somehow, throughout\nthe ages, it has managed to sustain this mission responsibility. Today, more\nthan ever, given the increasing poverty, violence and injustices in the world,\nthe Christian church is called upon to embrace, engage and continue with its\ntask of being an agent for transformation and change. It has to fulfil the\ngospel imperative of making the world a better place for all to live with\njustice, peace and harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      in all\naforementioned, in order to make this realizable, the church should strictly\nwear and project her primary outlook of her calling as salt and light of the\nworld. Without this she would not be able to serve her community at all\ntalkless of doing it better. The church in this present day Nigeria should be\nmade aware that our services to the society should be selfless without string\nattached because it is part of our missionary responsibility.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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