Misyjne przeobrażenie Kościoła i nawrócenie duszpasterstwa w świetle adhortacji Evangelii gaudium

Abstract

Missionary transformation of the Church and the pastoral conversion is a basic postulate in the teaching of pope Francis. He sees in it one of the most urgent tasks, which the community of the Church has to face now. The transformation has to rely primarily on the total focusing on evangelization, what was the experience of the community of the early Christians. Everything in the Church, each of its space and structure, has to serve the fundamental vocation for preaching the Gospel. For this purpose it is necessary to revise the existing methods, forms and language of evangelization, and update them to modern socio-cultural conditions. The author of Evangelii gaudium points to the vision of the Church coming out to the man to find him in his living environment, to lead to the experience of a personal encounter with God and start participating in the Community. Not only ecclesiastical structures, but also the life of every baptized person should become of evangelistic orientation, manifesting itself in full of enthusiasm answering for personal call to evangelization.