In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
ALAN HIRSCHAnd 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 are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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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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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
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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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A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
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Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church.
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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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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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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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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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Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.
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