“… there is a missionary dimension of everything the Church does.  But not everything the Church does has a missionary intention.  And unless there is in the life of the Church a point of concentration for the missionary intention, the missionary dimension which is proper to the whole life of the Church will be lost.”  One Body, One Gospel, One World (1958, reprinted in 1960), 43.

The question become … at or in what point is the missionary intention of the church to be concentrated?  From the pulpit and in the sermon?  In the formation of its members?  In and through its budget?  In its corporate life, as it moves through and deals with society and culture?  Mission is only an intention, an abstract ideal, unless acted upon by the church via appropriate means.  The church must not assume it is missionary because of its nature or intention.  Rather, it must seek to realize its missionary dimension as it proclaims, disciples, spends money, and interacts with its neighbors.