Mission as Vocation
“Service to others, caring, loving service to others is the world’s greatest need. Service to others, all sorts
and conditions of others, is the basic function and lesson of the Gospel in Christian mission.
How well do we understand that to be a Christian is to be a loving servant?” 64
Allin with VIM materials, c.1978. Allin considered mission to be the “true business” of the Church. Venture in Mission (VIM), a large scale fundraising program for mission, was arguably his greatest success as Presiding Bishop.