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It’s not so much that the church has a mission, it’s that the mission of God has a church.

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The surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
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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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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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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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Expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture.
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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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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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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Reconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.
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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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When the church is in mission, it is the true church.
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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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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.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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