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.
ALAN HIRSCHThe mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
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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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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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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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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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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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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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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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Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.
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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 kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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