This little book resulted from the conviction that we need to contemplate what it is to be the church in the contemporary world. We are aware that we are living in a time of crisis, with rapid social and cultural changes that challenge the way we have been a church: challenges that come not only from outside the institution--from the society where it acts--but from the inside as well. In this book we face old and new questions:What is the foundation of the church?Who are we as Christians?Who is this Jesus Christ in whom we believe?What is the mission of the church today?Proclaiming the Word: Is it another Sacrament?From what does Christ save us?What is sin?

This little book resulted from the conviction that we need to contemplate what it is to be the church in the contemporary world. We are aware that we are living in a time of crisis, with rapid social and cultural changes that challenge the way we have been a church: challenges that come not only from outside the institution--from the society where it acts--but from the inside as well. In this book we face old and new questions:What is the foundation of the church?Who are we as Christians?Who is this Jesus Christ in whom we believe?What is the mission of the church today?Proclaiming the Word: Is it another Sacrament?From what does Christ save us?What is sin?

This little book resulted from the conviction that we need to contemplate what it is to be the church in the contemporary world. We are aware that we are living in a time of crisis, with rapid social and cultural changes that challenge the way we have been a church: challenges that come not only from outside the institution--from the society where it acts--but from the inside as well. In this book we face old and new questions:What is the foundation of the church?Who are we as Christians?Who is this Jesus Christ in whom we believe?What is the mission of the church today?Proclaiming the Word: Is it another Sacrament?From what does Christ save us?What is sin?