Mission of the GSMCOC

Considering the “mission” of Great Smoky Mountains Church of Christ, the Catholic Church has a prayer :

“Look not on my (or our) sins, but on the faith of the church.”

I don’t believe bible support for such a concept can be found.

On the day of Pentecost did the 3,000 who were immersed and … the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved, assume a responsibility as that group (the called out)? As individuals?

The “Great Commission” was given to individuals and not to a group. Associating with other Christians does not relieve us individually of our personal responsibilities.

Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)
And Jesus came and said to them, "… Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

While as a group “the called out” can take on a mission, no mission is automatically assigned to the group. No matter what the group collectively does, individually we will answer for ourselves.

Does the Bible support the concept we often hear that, an individual who cuts the grass or cleans the building (as a volunteer) or prints bulletins or takes out the trash and on and on, fulfills their individual Great Commission responsibilities? How much does our personal salvation depend upon what the group does?

Whatever we determine the mission of Great Smoky Mountains Church of Christ to be, individually we are not relieved of any responsibilities.

What “mission, do we as a group want to take on that will help us fulfill our individual responsibilities?