'There is church because there is mission. There is mission because God loves people.'
David Bosch
South African theologian and writer (1929-92)
Bosch is one of the writers who shaped my ministerial formation back in the 90's when I first discovered, and then copiously ransacked, his "Transforming Mission"
Simple and true. Even though it doesn't always seem like it, God is still at work in the world.