Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase “missional church” lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.
ALAN HIRSCHThere’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people’s perception of the gospel.
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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.
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Built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.
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Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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Whether we like it or not, we are all on a journey, a Quest if you will, every day of our lives, and the path we must take is full of perils, and our destiny can never be predicted in advance.
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The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
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The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
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Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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