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29. Other Church institutions, basic commu-
nities and small communities, movements, and
forms of association are a source of enrichment
for the Church, raised up by the Spirit for evan-
gelizing different areas and sectors. Frequently
they bring a new evangelizing fervour and a new
capacity for dialogue with the world whereby the
Church is renewed. But it will prove beneficial
for them not to lose contact with the rich real-
ity of the local parish and to participate readily
in the overall pastoral activity of the particular
Church.29 This kind of integration will prevent
them from concentrating only on part of the
Gospel or the Church, or becoming nomads
without roots.
30. Each particular Church, as a portion of
the Catholic Church under the leadership of its
bishop, is likewise called to missionary conver-
sion. It is the primary subject of evangelization,30
since it is the concrete manifestation of the one
Church in one specific place, and in it “the one,
holy, catholic, and apostolic Church of Christ is
truly present and operative”.31 It is the Church
incarnate in a certain place, equipped with all the
means of salvation bestowed by Christ, but with
local features. Its joy in communicating Jesus
Christ is expressed both by a concern to preach
29 Cf. Propositio 26.
30 Cf. Propositio 41.
31 Second Vatican Ecumenical C ouncil, Decree on the
Pastoral Office of Bishops Christus Dominus, 11.