Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
ALAN HIRSCHBut because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one’s role in society, and the relation between the two.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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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 theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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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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Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
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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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In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
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More data is not always the answer.
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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I found out the hard way that if we don’t disciple people, the culture sure will.
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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