You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
ALAN HIRSCHEvery disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
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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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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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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
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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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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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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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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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