If we can embrace the adventure and risk and equip our churches to lay down their lives and abandon their inherent loss-aversion.
ALAN HIRSCHWhen there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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.
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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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The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible.
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We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.
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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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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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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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Most churches don’t have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.
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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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