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“T
he Spirit of the Lord is upon me
because he has anointed me to
bring good news to the poor,” Jesus reads from the prophet Isaiah
in the Nazareth synagogue shortly
after his Baptism. “He has sent me to proclaim
release to the captives, and recovery of sight to
the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim
the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luke 4: 18-19) The
very first words Jesus speaks to the world after
he is baptized and tempted by the devil are a reminder that we are baptized in order to be sent,
and that we are sent to in order to seek justice
and transform the structures of the world that
keep people poor, in prison, and oppressed.
The Missionary Society partners with Episcopalians to live
into the Fourth Mark of Mission – the transformation of
unjust structures of society – in exciting and innovative ways.
The 2012 General Convention designated poverty in the