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It’s not so much that the church has a mission, it’s that the mission of God has a church.

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And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
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Began Belief Church Mistaken Plant Position Society Western
And every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture.
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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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Assume Cross Cultural Mission Now
Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world.
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But because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one’s role in society, and the relation between the two.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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Along Capacity Dare Discipleship Engender Genuine Innovation
Liminality and adventure or continue to remain a religious ghetto for culturally co-opted, fearful, middle-class folk.
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Interestingly, it’s as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey.
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Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
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Among Assume Church Go Like Look People
In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
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Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.
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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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You can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.
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This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.
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