Never was there a more important time for the church in the UK to reach out beyond itself to the wider community on its edge

Mark Bryant

@BishopMark1

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Looking at websites of many churches who are doing significant work with the marginalised in their community. It is interesting how rarely it is mentioned. Does this mean they do not see it as part of their core business and what God put them there to do?

Compassion for the outsider loudly proclaimed, Biblical it is clear , yet same Bible l am reading, on several levels, direct my mission to these, in whatever shape or form,the Outsiders.
All around us,they are evident in our communities.
But how come others not hearing this message, truth be . . . . . .. ..struggle to feel part of family ,say Church attend does not get it . . working on argument with a person whose brother is dying....like his elder sister his whole purpose is getting them to pray a prayer,accept Jesus saving them from Hell eternity that follows....this person has no Social concept, true message of Jesus been missed ,indeed no real relationships with anyone called or classed as outsiders...He got Jesus .
His very own personal saviour.



The Gospel of Luke uniquely proclaims that the message of good news was for the outsider in Jewish society, and indeed for any outsider in any society where the sleek, the successful and the slick are often preferred to the loser, the lonely and the lowly.