Christ is the Head of the Church.
All power in heaven and earth is given to Jesus Christ by Almighty God, who raised Christ from the dead and set him above all rule and authority, all power and dominion and every name that is named not only in this age but in that which is to come. God has put all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ and has made Christ the Head of the Church, which is his body. G-1.0100 Book of Order The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA) 2002/2003

The Church and it’s Mission.
The mission of the church is given form by God activity in the world as told in the Bible and understood by faith. G-3.0100 Book of Order The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2002/2003

The Church of Jesus Christ is the provisional demonstration of what God intends for all of humanity.

	The church is called to be a sign in and for the world of the new reality which God has made available to people in Jesus Christ.
	The new reality revealed in Jesus Christ is the new humanity, a new creation, a new beginning for human life in the world.
	The Church is the body of Christ, both n its corporate life and in the lives of its individual members, and is called to give shape and substance to this truth. G-3.0200 Book of Order The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2002/2003

The Church’s Calling

The Church is called to tell the good news of salvation by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ as the only Savior and Lord, proclaiming in Word and Sacrament that

• The new age has dawned.
   

• God who creates life, frees those in bondage, forgives sin, reconciles brokenness, makes all things new, is still at work in the world.
   

  • The Church is called to present the claims of Jesus Christ leading persons to repentance, acceptance of him as Savior and Lord, and new life as his disciples.
     
  • The Church is called to be Christ’s faithful evangelist
    • Going into the world, making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of he Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all he has commanded;
       
    • Demonstrating by the love of its members for one another and by the quality of its common life the new reality in Christ; sharing in worship fellowship and the nurture, practicing a deepened life of prayer and service under the guidance of the Holy Spirit;
       
    • Participating in God’s activity in the world through its life for others by
      • Healing and reconciling and binding up wounds,
         
      • Ministering to the needs of the poor, the sick, the lonely, and the powerless,
         
      • Engaging in the struggle to free people from sin fear, oppression, hunger, and injustice,
         
      • Giving itself and its substance to the service of those who suffer,
         
      • Sharing with Christ in the establishing of his just, peaceable and loving rule in the world. G-3.0400 Book of Order The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2002/2003