The church's understanding and practice of its mission should be guided by the study of mission in the various biblical corpora. This essay contributes to this task by providing a discussion of mission in the Gospel of John. After exploring the connections between the Gospel's Christology and its missiological teachings, John's mission theology is probed regarding the proper focus, model, and scope of the Christian mission.
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