These two dimensions, the vertical and horizontal, will be for Christian stewards the frame of reference within which they serve. Jesus began his ministry by being baptized. At the end, moments before his ascension, he instructed his disciples to go into all the world, teaching and baptizing. That is our mandate today as the modern counterparts of the disciples. As faithful followers we are also called to go out and bring others to Christ so they, too, may know God's love, be baptized, receive and recognize the gifts of God, and respond to the call to become faithful stewards.
Faith is a living restless thing.
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